February 11

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1938 – BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".

1997 – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.

2003NASA's "WMAP" satellite completes the first detailed cosmic microwave background radiation map of the universe.

  • The image reveals the universe is 13.7 billion years old (within one percent error) and provides evidence that supports the inflationary theory.