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The year 1977 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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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.
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]
Oceanography
- Discovery of hydrothermal vent ecosystems near the Galapagos Islands
Awards
Deaths
- June 16 - Wernher von Braun (b. 1912), physicist and engineer.
References
- ^ Reference supporting eradication in 1977: Waldman, Thomas A. (2003). "Immunotherapy: past, present and future" (PDF). Nature Medicine 9: 269–277. doi:. http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nm/journal/v9/n3/full/nm0303-269.html&filetype=pdf.
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