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Bangladesh Astronomical Union

Bangladesh Astronomical Union

Mohammad Fakhrul Islam প্রকাশিত হয়েছেঃ 03:11
Bangladesh Astronomical Union a Science Organization in Bangladesh, has started its journey in the year 2011. Our view is to promote humanity and a logical outlook tends to science for making a new peaceful world for our future generation.
In present context, we feel to explore our ideas and activities and we plan to operate a Science website in Bengali. In this site we try to publish different science information, Article, Activities and life of Bengali scientist, introducing different science organization of Bangladesh, Book Review, Sky chart, also more information. This site will be lunch immediately.

You are cordially invited to share your idea about science and knowledge; also, you can submit any science related article or feature. We believe that this is a join activity and we want your participation.
SPACECRAFT EXPLORATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM

SPACECRAFT EXPLORATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Mohammad Fakhrul Islam প্রকাশিত হয়েছেঃ 02:55


NOTABLE EARLY ACHIEVEMENTS



(1958 - 1986)




United States of America


1958    First scientific discovery in space-Van Allen radiation belt         (Explorer 1)

1959    First television images of the Earth from space
           (Explorer 6)
1962    First scientific discovery in interplanetary space -direct observation of the solar wind
           (Mariner 2)
1962    First scientifically successful planetary mission
           (Mariner 2 to Venus)
1962    First astronomical observatory in space
            (OSO-1)
1968    First manned orbit of another world
           (Apollo 8 to the Moon)
1969    First landing of humans on another world
            (Apollo 11 to the Moon)
1969    First samples returned to Earth from another world
            (Apollo 11 to the Moon)
1971    First manned roving vehicle on another world
            (Apollo 15 to the Moon)
1971     First spacecraft to orbit another planet
            (Mariner 9 to Mars)
1973    First flyby of Jupiter                  
            (Pioneer 10)
1974    First dual-planet mission
            (Mariner 10 to Venus and Mercury)
1974    First flyby of Mercury
           (Mariner 10)
1976    First successful Mars landing; first spacecraft
            to search for life on another planet
            (Viking 1)
1977    First flybys of Saturn
            (Pioneer 11)
1981    First manned reusable spacecraft
            (STS-1)
1980-   First satellite to be retrieved, repaired,
1984    and redeployed in space
           (Solar Maximum Mission)
1985    First distant cometary encounter
           (International Cometary Explorer to Comet Giacobini-Zimmer)
1986    First flyby of Uranus
            (Voyager 2)
1989    First flyby of Neptune
            (Voyager 2)
1992    First detection of the heliopause
           (Voyager)
1992    First encounter with a main-belt asteroid
            (Galileo to Gaspra)
1994    First detection of a moon of an asteroid
           (Galileo to Ida)


SOVIET UNION/RUSSIA

1957   First artificial satellite of the Earth
           (Sputnik 1)
1957   First animal in space
           (Sputnik 2)
1959   First spacecraft to escape the Earth's gravity
           (Luna 1)
1959   First artificial planet of the Sun
           (Luna 1)
1959   First spacecraft to impact another world
           (Luna 2 to the Moon)
1959   First view of the far side of the moon
           (Luna 3)
1961   First human in space
           (Vostok 1)
1961   First human to orbit the Earth
           (Vostok 1)
1961  First spacecraft to fly by other planets
           (Venera 1 to Venus;
1962   Mars 1 to Mars)
1963   First woman in space
           (Vostok 6)
1964   First multi-person space mission
           (Voskhod 1)
1965   First space "walk"
           (Voskhod 2)
1966   First spacecraft to enter the atmosphere of another planet
           (Venera 3 to Venus)
1966   First spacecraft to orbit another world
           (Luna 10 to the Moon)
1966   First successful soft landing on another world
           (Luna 9 to the Moon)
1970   First robot mission to return a sample from another world
           (Luna 16 to the Moon)
1970    First roving vehicle on another world
          (Luna 17 to the Moon)
1971   First soft landing on another planet
           (Mars 3 to Mars)
1972   First scientifically successful landing on another planet
           (Venera 8 to Venus)
1980    First approximately year-long manned spaceflight
1981    (comparable to Mars flight time)
          (Soyuz 35)
1983    First full orbital radar mapping of another planet
            (Venera 15 to Venus)
1985    First balloon station deployed in the atmosphere of another planet
           (Vega 1 to Venus)
1986    First close cometary encounter
           (Vega 1 to Halley's Comet)
1986    First space station inhabited by rotating crews     (Mir)

Bangladesh Astronomical Union

Bangladesh Astronomical Union

Mohammad Fakhrul Islam প্রকাশিত হয়েছেঃ 02:21
Bangladesh Astronomical Union a Science Organization in Bangladesh, has started its journey in the year 2011.
We will try to publish different science information, Articles, Activities and life of scientists, introducing different science organizations of Bangladesh, Book Reviews and Sky chart.

You are cordially invited to share your idea about science and knowledge. You can submit any science related article or feature.