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1972 in science – Astronomy and space exploration

* January 5 – President of the United States Richard Nixon orders the development of a space shuttle program. * February 4 – Mariner 9 sends pictures from Mars * February 21 – The Soviet unmanned spacecraft Luna 20 lands on the Moon. * March 2 – Launch of Pioneer 10 spacecraft. * April 16 [...]

1960 in science – Astronomy and space exploration

Space Astronomy

* April-July – Cornell University astronomer Frank Drake begins searching for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence with Project Ozma at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank, West Virginia. * May 15 – Sputnik 4 is launched into Earth orbit. * August 19 – Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 5 with the dogs [...]

1993 in science – Astronomy and space exploration

Space Astronomy

* December 2 – STS-61 is launched – This Space Shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) installed corrective optics, plus upgrades, that not only allowed the telescope to focus properly, but also increased magnification/clarity beyond the original design: HST had been pre-designed for such future upgrades (see: continuous improvement). * February 13 – [...]

2002 in science – Astronomy and space exploration

Space Astronomy

* February 19 – NASA’s Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system. * May 26 – The Mars Odyssey finds signs of huge water ice deposits on the planet Mars. * June 4 – Quaoar is discovered * June 10 – Annular solar eclipse * [...]

1966 in science – Astronomy and space exploration

Space Astronomy

* February 3 – The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon. * March 1 – Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet’s surface. * March 31 – The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the [...]

1964 in science – Astronomy and space exploration

Space Astronomy

* March 20 – The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organization) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962. * July 31 – Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the Moon (images are 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from Earth-bound telescopes). [...]

1988 in science – Astronomy and space exploration

Space Astronomy

* September 29 – NASA resumes space shuttle flights, grounded after the Challenger disaster. * November 15 – In the Soviet Union, the uncrewed Shuttle ”Buran” is launched by an Energia rocket on her maiden orbital spaceflight (this was the first and last space flight for the shuttle). *Asteroid 3994 Ayashi is discovered by Masahiro [...]

1986 in science – Astronomy and space exploration

Space Astronomy

* January 24 – Voyager 2 space probe makes first encounter with Uranus. * January 28 – Space Shuttle Challenger explodes on launch, killing all seven astronauts aboard. * February 19 – The Soviet Union launches the ”Mir” space station. * March 8 – Japanese spacecraft Suisei flies by Halley’s Comet, studying its UV hydrogen [...]

Ultraviolet astronomy – Ultraviolet space telescopes

Space Astronomy

* – Astron-1 * – Astrosat * – Astronomical Netherlands Satellite * (ESA) – Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope * – FUSE * – GALEX * (ESA) – Hubble Space Telescope * (ESA) – International Ultraviolet Explorer * – Orbiting Astronomical Observatory * – Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission Adapted from the Wikipedia article Ultraviolet astronomy, under [...]

1974 in science – Astronomy and space exploration

Space Astronomy

* February 8 – After 84 days in space, the last crew of the temporary American space station Skylab return to Earth *date unknown* A radio telescope sent the message “Is there anyone out there?” to the consellation Hercules. It will take 25,000 years to arrive. Adapted from the Wikipedia article 1974 in science, under [...]

1990 in science – Astronomy and space exploration

* April 24 – The Space Shuttle ”Discovery” places the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit. Adapted from the Wikipedia article 1990 in science, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission – Planetary Sciences and Astronomy

A number of institutions in Pakistan are engaged in educational/observational astronomy. Karachi University’s Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics has one and powerful telescope/Astronomical observatory which is used by SUPARCO. SUPARCO’s Institute of Space technology has also one Astronomical observatory which was build and constructed by the United Kingdom. Research facilities Adapted from the Wikipedia [...]









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