Scientific Knowledge and Space Exploration

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Scientific facts are subject to change.

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Nature of science involves the idea that scientific facts can change.

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Experimenting and testing theories go on all the time.

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Continuous experimentation and testing are key aspects of science.

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Scientific knowledge is based on prior knowledge and experience.

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Science builds on previous knowledge and experiences.

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Sputnik 1

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First man-made satellite launched by the Soviet Union.

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October 4, 1957

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Date of the first artificial satellite launch (Sputnik 1).

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Lettuce, 2015

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First food grown and eaten in space aboard the ISS.

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Neil Armstrong, July 20, 1969

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First man on the Moon.

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Robert H. Goddard, March 16, 1926

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First liquid-fuel rocket launch.

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Isaac Newton

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Discovered the laws of gravity.

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Robert H. Goddard

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Invented liquid rocket fuel.