[[1938]] – BBC Television produces [[Earth|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". <br> [[1997]] - – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.<br> [[2003]] – [[NASA]]'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. <br> <noinclude>[[Category:On This Day|042]]</noinclude> [[category:timeline]]