|
|
 |
|
 |
 |
|
|
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 12,055 Likes: 30
BellaOnline Editor Modern Day Human
|
OP
BellaOnline Editor Modern Day Human
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 12,055 Likes: 30 |
On this day in 1957 - October 4th - the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1.Sputnik was the world's first successful artificial satellite.
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 12,055 Likes: 30
BellaOnline Editor Modern Day Human
|
|
OP
BellaOnline Editor Modern Day Human
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 12,055 Likes: 30 |
On this day in 1959 - October 4th - the Soviet Union launched Luna 3.
The spacecraft captured humanity's first-ever view of the far side of the Moon.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 12,055 Likes: 30
BellaOnline Editor Modern Day Human
|
|
OP
BellaOnline Editor Modern Day Human
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 12,055 Likes: 30 |
On this day in 1962 - October 5th - the European Southern Observatory (ESO) was founded.
It's now the world's most productive astronomical observatory, providing state-of-the-art research facilities to astronomers and astrophysicists of many countries.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 12,055 Likes: 30
BellaOnline Editor Modern Day Human
|
|
OP
BellaOnline Editor Modern Day Human
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 12,055 Likes: 30 |
On this day in 1882 - October 5th - Robert Goddard was born.
Goddard was an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fuelled rocket. Although he received little public support in his lifetime, he's now considered one of the founding fathers of modern rocketry.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 12,055 Likes: 30
BellaOnline Editor Modern Day Human
|
|
OP
BellaOnline Editor Modern Day Human
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 12,055 Likes: 30 |
On this day in 1923 - October 5th - Edwin Hubble discovered a Cepheid variable in M31 (the Andromeda Galaxy).Cepheid variable stars, based on the work of Henrietta Leavitt, can be used as distance indicators. Hubble was able to show that M31 was too far away to be an object in our own Galaxy.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 12,055 Likes: 30
BellaOnline Editor Modern Day Human
|
|
OP
BellaOnline Editor Modern Day Human
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 12,055 Likes: 30 |
On this day in 1885 - October 7th - Niels Bohr was born.
Bohr was the Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 12,055 Likes: 30
BellaOnline Editor Modern Day Human
|
|
OP
BellaOnline Editor Modern Day Human
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 12,055 Likes: 30 |
On this day in 2009 - October 9th - NASA's LCROSS spacecraft became one of the missions that detected water on the Moon.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 7,432 Likes: 53
Chimpanzee
|
Chimpanzee
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 7,432 Likes: 53 |
I'm glad you are back online.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 12,055 Likes: 30
BellaOnline Editor Modern Day Human
|
|
OP
BellaOnline Editor Modern Day Human
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 12,055 Likes: 30 |
Angie, I'm glad we're all back!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 12,055 Likes: 30
BellaOnline Editor Modern Day Human
|
|
OP
BellaOnline Editor Modern Day Human
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 12,055 Likes: 30 |
On this day in 1605 - October 9th - Kepler's Supernova was first observed.It occurred about 20,000 light years away in the constellation Ophiuchus. It was so bright that at its peak it was visible during the day for over three weeks.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
We take forum safety very seriously here at BellaOnline. Please be sure to read through our Forum Guidelines. Let us know if you have any questions or comments!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This forum uses cookies to ensure smooth navigation from page to page of a thread. If you choose to register and provide your email, that email is solely used to get your password to you and updates on any topics you choose to watch. Nothing else. Ask with any questions!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
