2002

Events

• March 14 – Prof. Kevin Warwick of the University of Reading in England has part of his nervous system experimentally linked to a computer.

• On June 10, he demonstrates the first direct electronic communication between the nervous systems of two humans.

• Nomad, Humanity's first true interstellar probe, is launched by NASA.

• NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars, using its thermal emission imaging system.

• It shortly finds signs of huge water ice deposits on the planet.

• The "Envisat" environmental satellite is launched, with its purpose being the recording of information on environmental change.

• June 6 – "Eastern Mediterranean event": An object with an estimated diameter of 10 meters impacts with Earth's atmosphere over the Mediterranean Sea and detonates in mid-air.

Timeline
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