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In 1543, descovered that the earth was not in the middle of the sola system, but the sun was in the middle of the sola syatem! This photo, is from this websitel:
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In 1608, the first telescope was creatated by Hans Lippershey. He was Duch and it was made in Holland. This photo was from this website:
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Gallileo found about the the telescope that hans had made, and he improved on it, making it better to look at the stars. This photo was from this website:
http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2009/aug/25/galileo-telescope-anniversary -
Laikar was the first animal to orbit the earth. She was a stray and went into training with some other dogs. Then fianlly, she was the one who got selected, and went in orbit in 1957. This photo was from this website:
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Yuri, was the first person launched into space. It was succsesful and returned safely. He was the only one in the rocket. This photo was from this website:
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread688068/pg -
On the 16th of july, the apollo11 took off to moon carrying Neil Armstrong. They got there on July the 20th, then waited untill the next day, and the first step on the moon was made. This photo is from this website:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11
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In 1990, some people desided to lunch a Hubble telescope into space to send back pictures in space. But when they lurnched it, they reliesed that it had a lot of problems, they asrounauts up there to fix it, but even before it was repaired, it was sending back pictures! This photo is from this website:
http://goodnews.ws/blog/2012/06/28/dramatic-change-spotted-on-a-faraway-planet/ -
The ISS launched into space in 1998 with no body in it. It was the largest object to be launched into space.
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In 1999, a gamma ray was found by the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. This photo was taken from this website:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/swift/bursts/short_burst_oct5.ht
