Week 1: Oct 1-8
– [ ] Oct 1, 1847 – Maria Mitchell discovered Miss Mitchell’s Comet (C/1847 T1)
– [ ] Oct 1, 1958 – National Aeronautics and Space Administration was formally inaugurated
– [ ] Oct 3, 1942 – First successful flight of a German A-4 ballistic missile
– [ ] Oct 4, 1957 – Sputnik 1 launched by the USSR, and became the first manmade object to orbit Earth
– [ ] Oct 6, 1995 – Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz announced the discovery of 51 Pegasus b, the first known extra solar planet!!!
– [ ] Oct 7, 1793 – Caroline Herschel discovered komeet Messier (C/1793 S2)
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