Difference between revisions of "1998"

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Cosmologists publish evidence that the expansion rate of the universe is increasing.

Data sent from the Galileo space probe indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.

NASA announces that the Clementine probe -orbiting the Moon- has found enough water in polar craters to support a human colony and rocket-fueling station.

Earth's first medically successful hand transplantation is carried out by a team of surgeons in France.

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 ==Events==
-* '''October 24''' - Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission.
+* [[Cosmology|Cosmologists]] publish evidence that the expansion rate of the universe is increasing.
-* '''October 29''' - Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space.
-* '''October 31''' - [[Buck Bokai|Harmon Buck Gin Bokai]] is born in [[Marina del Rey]], [[California]].
+* Data sent from the Galileo space probe indicates that [[Jupiter]]'s moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
+* [[NASA]] announces that the Clementine probe -orbiting the [[Luna|Moon]]- has found enough water in polar craters to support a human colony and rocket-fueling station.
+* [[Earth]]'s first medically successful hand transplantation is carried out by a team of surgeons in France.
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