1977 in science
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The year 1977 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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[edit] Astronomy and space exploration
- August 12 - The NASA Space Shuttle makes its first test free-flight from the back of a jetliner.
- August 20 - Voyager program: The United States launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
- September 5 - Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay.
- 2060 Chiron, first of the outer solar system asteroids known as Centaurs, discovered by Charlie Kowal.
- Discovery of the Carina Dwarf galaxy by the UK Schmidt Telescope.
[edit] Medicine
- January 18 - Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the "Legionnaires' disease."
- September 11 - The last "wild" infection of smallpox is reported in Somalia.[1]
[edit] Awards
[edit] Deaths
- June 16 - Wernher von Braun (b. 1912), physicist and engineer.
[edit] References
- ^ Reference supporting eradication in 1977: Waldman, Thomas A. (2003). "Immunotherapy: past, present and future" (PDF). Nature Medicine 9: 269–277.
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