Science and Space History
Discoveries, missions and the people who made them, from early observatories to the space age.
1846
1846 · Medicine & Health
Ether Day: The Demonstration That Changed Surgery
October 16, 18461846
1846 · Science
William Lassell discovers Neptune’s moon Triton
October 10, 18461846
1846 · Science
Galle and d’Arrest identify Neptune at Berlin Observatory
September 23, 18461840
1840 · Technology
Samuel Morse receives an electric telegraph patent
June 20, 1840
1833 · Science
The Night the Leonids Filled the Sky
November 13, 18331831
1831 · Science
Darwin Sails on HMS Beagle
December 27, 18311829
1829 · Technology
Cyrill Demian receives a patent for an accordion
May 23, 18291807
1807 · Technology
The Niépce brothers receive a patent for the Pyréolophore
July 20, 18071803
1803 · Science
Stones fall from the sky near L’Aigle
April 26, 18031794
1794 · Technology
Eli Whitney receives a cotton gin patent
March 14, 17941783
1783 · Technology
The First Free Crewed Balloon Flight
November 21, 17831783
1783 · Technology