/sci/ - Science & Math

Today in history:
>1851 – William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus.
>1911 – Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
>1946 – A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
>1957 – The United States Air Force starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar manned space programme.
>1960 – A ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad in the Soviet Union, killing over 100 people.
>1963 – An oxygen leak from an R-9 Desna missile at the Baikonur Cosmodrome triggers a fire that kills seven people.
>1998 – Deep Space 1 is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test new spacecraft technologies.
>2007 – Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre.
>2014 – The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth.