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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
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| − | :* 3 days later | + | * [[Tellar Prime]] becomes [[warp]]-capable. |
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| + | ===[[Earth]] specific=== | ||
| + | * [[Satellite]] "Luna 2" becomes the first [[human|man]]-made object to crash on the [[Luna|Moon]]. | ||
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| + | * "Luna 3" is launched, orbiting the [[Luna|Moon]] and photographing 70 percent of the moon's "far side." | ||
| + | :* 3 days later, these photos are transmitted back to [[Earth]], giving scientists their first look at the far side of the [[Luna|moon]]. | ||
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| + | * "Pioneer IV" (the first US satellite to orbit the [[star|sun]]) probe reaches its farthest point from the sun. | ||
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| + | * "Vanguard 2," the first [[Weather modification network|weather satellite]], is launched to measure cloud cover for the United States Navy. | ||
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| + | * "Explorer 6" sends the first picture of [[Earth]] from [[orbit]]. | ||
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| + | * The "Jupiter AM-18" rocket launches two primates into space, along with living microorganisms and plant seeds. <br> Their subsequent successful recovery makes them the first living beings to return safely to [[Earth]] after space flight. | ||
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| + | * The first mammals, a litter of rabbits, are grown from ova, having undergone in vitro fertilizations and transferred to a surrogate mother. | ||
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Revision as of 19:07, 7 June 2022
Events
Alpha Quadrant events
- Tellar Prime becomes warp-capable.
Earth specific
- "Luna 3" is launched, orbiting the Moon and photographing 70 percent of the moon's "far side."
- "Pioneer IV" (the first US satellite to orbit the sun) probe reaches its farthest point from the sun.
- "Vanguard 2," the first weather satellite, is launched to measure cloud cover for the United States Navy.
- The "Jupiter AM-18" rocket launches two primates into space, along with living microorganisms and plant seeds.
Their subsequent successful recovery makes them the first living beings to return safely to Earth after space flight.
- The first mammals, a litter of rabbits, are grown from ova, having undergone in vitro fertilizations and transferred to a surrogate mother.
| 1958 | [[20th
Century]] |
1960 |
