Science Fiction has been around a lot longer than the term. If you want to argue over definitions a case can be made for the legends of Daedalus from way back in the bronze age.
Lucian of Samosata A.D. 125. Has often been referred to as 'The Father of Science Fiction'
The earliest use of the term sci-fi was in 1954.
communication satellites.
The fact that it is set in space and it is made up.
The science fiction writer H. G. Wells in 1914 in his novel The World Set Free.
Science. You have to have the basic concept before people can begin writing fiction about it.
The action science fiction movie came out in 1997.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind came out in 1977.
Science Fiction is a fiction based on science.
The word "fiction" means "made up". Some or all of the science in the story may be real, but the story is made up.
"Frankestein" is a Science Fiction novel,or gothic science fiction.
Some would say that science fiction excludes fantasy but Arthur C. Clarke said, "Any significantly advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Science fiction authors have mixed science fiction with all other forms of literature. There are science fiction lyrics to songs, science fiction poetry, science fiction mixed with humor, science fiction mixed with westerns, science fiction mixed with romance.
Some science fiction books are Dune by Frank Herbert, Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress, 2001 by Arthur C. Clarke, the Robot books by Isaac Asimov, and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
Yes it is Science Fiction