Difference between revisions of "1961"

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Astronaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first Human in space. He makes a single low Earth orbit before parachuting to the ground in his craft.

The "Drake equation" is written by Frank Drake.
This equation is a probabilistic argument, used to estimate the number of active, communicative extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy.

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 == Events ==
-* John F. Kennedy begins his term as the 35th President of the United States.  He later gives his famous "Decision to Go to [[Luna|the Moon]]" speech.
+* Astronaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first [[Human]] in space. He makes a single low [[Earth]] [[orbit]] before parachuting to the ground in his craft.
-* In [[2372]], {{MA|Jake_Sisko|Jake Sisko}} received a [[holosuite program]] from [[Nog]] featuring this season's New York Yankees baseball team against the [[1978]] Boston Red Sox. The outcome of the game was Yankees 7, Red Sox 3.
+:* Astronaut Alan Shepard is the second [[Human]] in space.
-* '''October 27''' &ndash; NASA launches the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
+* The "Drake equation" is written by Frank Drake. <br> This equation is a probabilistic argument, used to estimate the number of active, communicative extraterrestrial civilizations in the [[Milky Way Galaxy]].
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