Difference between revisions of "2002"
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* ''[[Nomad]]'', [[Human]]ity's first true interstellar probe, is launched by [[NASA]]. | * ''[[Nomad]]'', [[Human]]ity's first true interstellar probe, is launched by [[NASA]]. | ||
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* [[NASA]]'s 2001 Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of [[Mars]], using its thermal emission imaging system. | * [[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. | :* It shortly finds signs of huge water ice deposits on the planet. | ||
Latest revision as of 01:32, 22 December 2022
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.
- 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.
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