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Two of what kind of animal were launched on a rocket in 1959 by the USSR?
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There were two dogs and a rabbit
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When did the Chernobyl accident occur and in what country did it take place?
The disaster occurred on On 26 April 1986 at 01:23:40 a.m, in the then USSR, It is now located in Ukraine, a former soviet state.
Why are sicklecells sickle?
They are in the shape of a sickle. A sickle is a hand held curved blade, sharp on the inside edge, used for cutting crops. (See hammer and Sickle in the old USSR flag). Why they are in the shape of the sickle, is probably due to their chemical makeup and crystal structure.
What country is Chernobyl currently located in?
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus were directly affected. There were reports that levels of the radiation were detected in every European country besides those in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal)
What does society need to thrive off of?
This is a highly complex question with at least three roots, and this will, in order not to fill an entire book easily, be a very high-level overview:A society must survive to thrive therefore it must have resources.A society must advance socially, technologically and culturally and therefore must have innovation.And a society must be stable and secure.The basic definition of resources changes over time. Food is always a serious concern, but as time progresses other resources become important. In ancient times the capture of rival nations and cities provided slave labor that contributed to positive economic growth (in Rome, for example). The development of the samurai caste and style of warfare in feudal Japan was in large part precipitated by a critical lack of iron ores. As time went on other resources became "strategic" or limited the growth of nations and empires: labor, sugar, rubber, oil and uranium ore have all been critical national resources at some point or other.Continued technological improvement is often seen as a key indicator of cultural advancement, with standards of living and access to goods improving as a result of technological improvement and eventually industrialization.This means the culture must have conditions that promote free thought, encourage scientific inquiry and drive economic growth. This is why the Islamic world of the middle ages continued to advance while Europe foundered through the Dark Ages.A failure on this point also caused the eventual destruction of the Soviet Union.And lastly a nation must be secure internally and externally to become prosperous. A nation that overextends itself and becomes insecure can rapidly collapse to deplorable living conditions (Ancient Rome), and internal tensions can lead to collapse of societal advancement (as with the suppression of genetics and other key sciences in the USSR on political grounds).
5 foreign biologist and their contribution to science?
Homi Jehangir Bhabha (1909- 1966)Known as the father of Indian Nuclear Science, Bhabha ushered in the atomic age in India. He did significant work in identifying the elementary particles called mesons. As a student, he made some fundamental discoveries in electricity, magnetism, quantum theory and the cosmic rays.He was not only an eminent cosmic ray scientist, but also a skilled administrator; he was the first Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India. In his honor the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research was renamed as the Bhabha Institute of Fundamental Research. The Bhabha Atomic Research Center was also named after him.Jagdish Chandra Bose (1858-1937)Famous as a botanist, Bose was also a physicist. He was among the first scientists to prove that plants have life. He developed an instrument called crescograph to detect the minute responses of living organisms, especially plants. He showed that plants responded to light rays and wireless waves. He proved that plants too have feelings and stimuli like animals and respond to wireless and ultraviolet waves that humans cannot see.Bose has also been credited with the invention of the wireless before Marconi; but being a citizen of British India, he could not announce his discovery. The British Government knighted him in 1917; the same year, he founded the Bose Research Institute in Kolkatta. He was honored as Fellow of Royal Society in 1920.He has authored Response in the Living and Non-living and The Nervous Mechanism of Plants.Vikram A Sarabhai (1919-1971)Sarabhai was the main figure behind the launching of India's first satellite, Aryabhata in 1975. He is well known in the field of cosmic rays. He studied under the eminent scientist Dr. C.V. Raman; his studies revealed that cosmic rays are a stream of energy particles reaching the earth from the outer space, being influenced on their way by the sun, the atmosphere and magnetism. This study helps in observing terrestrial magnetism and the atmosphere, the nature of the sun and outer space.Sarabhai was the brain behind the formation of the Physical Research Laboratory, virtually the cradle of Indian space program. He was also the chairman of India's Atomic Energy Commission and the Indian Space Research Organization.Birbal Sahani (1891-1949)Sahani was India's most famous palaeobotanist, the study of fossil plants. He is well known for his studies of the Gondwana Flora and the problem of the age of the Saline Series of the salt range.Palaeobotany helps in solving the problems connected with the formation of the earth and evolution of plants. It also throws light upon questions of changes of climate in the past.Sahani's love for science was legendary; when asked to become a secretary to the Ministry of Education, he refused saying that he had dedicated his life to a scientific institution. He was a professor in Lucknow University.Subramanyan Chandrashekhar (1910-1995)Nephew of the great physicist, C V Raman, Chandrashekhar was India's second Nobel laureate. He received the prize for his outstanding researches in the field of astronomy. In the early 1930s, he theorized about Black holes. He also demonstrated that there is an upper limit (known as 'Chandrasekhar Limit') to the mass of a White dwarf star. White dwarf is the remnants of a dead star. Prior to 1930, the common scientific notion was that stars, after burning up their fuel, became faint and would leave remnants known as white dwarfs. Today, the works done by Chandrasekhar form a central part of astrophysics.He emigrated to the USA in 1937 and joined as Assistant Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Chicago and remained there till his death. During his lifetime, he wrote dozen books describing the results of his investigations; he was also the editor of the Astrophysical Journal and supervised Ph.D. research for more than 50 students.Apart from his works in astrophysics, he also contributed to other scientific fields, including rotational figures of equilibrium, stellar interiors, radiative transfer of energy through the atmospheres of stars, hydro magnetic stability and many others.NASA's premier X-ray observatory was named the Chandra X-ray Observatory in his honor.Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920)One of India's greatest mathematicians, this genius made outstanding contributions in the field of number theory, algebric inequalities and fractions. It is said that both his published and unpublished works have some of the best mathematical brains in the world busy even to this day.He learned mathematics on his own; he found out new formulas for solving mathematical problems and wrote articles about them. Professor Hardy, a scientist in the Cambridge University chanced on one of his articles and impressed by his knowledge, took Ramanujan to England. In 1914, while working in Trinity College, Ramanujan developed the 'Number Theory' and for his valuable contribution, was elected fellow of Trinity College three years later. He returned to India in 1919 and devoted his time to research.Chandrashekhar Venkata Raman (1888-1970)India's first Nobel laureate, C V Raman won the coveted prize in 1930 for his research on scattering of light in different media - this phenomenon is knows as the Raman Effect (The discovery that monochromatic light ray in the incident beam can be split up into a number of components with wave length smaller or greater than that of the incident ray). The Raman Effect has helped in better understanding of the interior structure of molecules and atoms. It has also unveiled mysteries in optics, acoustics, and colloids.He also explained the blueness of the ocean with a very simple experiment; he said the blue of the sea was due not only to the reflection of the sky, as proposed by Lord Rayleigh, but mainly to the scattering of light by water molecules.Raman's publications are: Molecular Diffraction of Light, Mechanical Theory of Bowed Strings and Diffraction of X-ray's, Theories of Musical Instruments' and many more.Raman was elected fellow of the Royal Society in London in 1924; he was knighted by the British Government in 1929. He was also the founder of the Raman Research Institute in Bangalore.Raman became the professor of Physics at the Calcutta University in 1917. After 15 years service at the Calcutta University, Raman shifted to Bangalore and became the Director of the Indian Institute of Science in 1933.Prafulla Chandra Ray (1861-1944)P C Ray is well known in the field of pharmaceuticals. He began manufacturing chemicals at home in order to prevent foreign companies to make excessive profits. His works also laid the foundation of a pharmaceutical company that came to be known as Bengal Chemical Works.He is credited with the discovery of Mercurous Nitrite, when scientists did not know that such a chemical could exist. He also authored The History of Hindu Chemistry.His scientific contributions apart, Ray also helped the industrialization of the country.Meghnad Saha (1893-1956)Meghnad Saha was known as one of the most original astrophysicists. He was a researcher in nuclear physics, cosmic rays and spectrum analysis. He is also best remembered for his equations connecting a star and an atom; the equation is called 'equation of the reaction - isobar for ionization', known as Saha's "Thermo-Ionization Equation". This would also lay down the foundation for several branches in astrophysics. He also invented an instrument to measure the weight and pressure of solar rays. His theory of thermal ionization brought him world fame. He was the chief architect of river planning in India. He prepared the original plan for Damodar Valley Project.He has authored History of Hindu Science. He was the leading person behind scientific societies like the National Academy of Science (1930), Indian Institute of Science (1935) and the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (1944).Satyendra Nath Bose (1894-1974)Best known for the Bose-Einstein statistics, Bose was a world famous physicist, specializing in mathematical physics; he also worked in tandem with the likes of Einstein and Marie Curie.Bose worked in radiation and showed that photons or light units were identical and expressed the thermodynamic properties of an assembly of photons. He also solved several equations and formulae of Max Planck's laws on thermodynamics.The Bose-Einstein statistics was a new type of quantum statistics, which was developed by him along with Albert Einstein. The particles that obey this statistics are called after him as Bosons. Bose got world attention when Einstein realized the importance of Bose's discovery and translated it into German.Apart from physics he also did some research in biochemistry and Bengali and English literature. He made deep studies in chemistry, geology, zoology, anthropology, engineering and other sciences.Hargovind KhoranaKhorana is a world-renowned scientist in the field of biochemistry. He won the Nobel Prize in Medicine, along with Marshall Nierenberg and Robert Holley in 1968 for breaking the genetic code. During his research he developed the method of synthesis of DNA and RNA.Khorana also produced the first man-made gene - building it partly with a gene of a yeast cell in his laboratory. The man-made gene when inserted into a bacterium worked like a natural gene, paving the way for modern-day genetic engineering; in fact he was among the pioneers that paved the way in modern-day Genetic Engineering.Khorana became a US citizen in the 60s. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington as well as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1971 he became a foreign member of USSR Academy of Sciences and in 1974 an Honorary Fellow of the Indian Chemical Society. He currently works and teaches in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
What planet did luna1 go on?
It did not go to any planet. It was launched by the USSR in January 1959 and was the first rocket to the vicinity of the moon. Originally called the First Cosmic Rocket and rename Luna 1 or Mechta
What country launched an animal into space first?
The USSR.
What was the the first animal launched into space?
In 1957, the USSR sent a dog named Laika into orbit.
What probe was first to go to the moon?
The USSR's Luna 2, launched 12 Sep, 1959. It was destroyed on impact (as designed)
What was the first US space rocket launched in 1958?
The first successful US satellite was Explorer I, launched on January 31, 1958, four months after the USSR's Sputnik I and 3 months after Sputnik 2.
When was the first rocket put into orbit?
The first man-made object to successfully accomplish insertion into earth orbit was Sputnik-1,launched by the USSR in October, 1957.
What is the Name of the Rocket used to go to the moon?
There have been several rockets used to go to, or orbit around, the moon. They've been launched by the US, the USSR (now Russia), China, Japan, and India.Which moon rocket are you referring to, from which country?
When was the first space rocket launched?
The first rocket to reach "space" was a German V-2 (the A4 rocket weapon) launched during World War II. According to test records, the first rocket to reach "space" was likely the fourth test launch on October 3, 1942. The first USSR (Russian) space satellite was Sputnik 1 in 1957, followed by the first US space satellite, Explorer 1, in 1958.
Who was the first rabbit in space?
In the USSR, Marfusa the rabbit was aboard a suborbital rocket flight on July 2, 1959, and reached an altitude of 132 miles (212 km).
When did the first probe fly at the moon?
The first attempted launch of a lunar probe was Pioneer 0 (USA), which launched Aug 17, 1958, however, the booster exploded at 16km, never leaving Earth's atmosphere. The first successful lunar impact was Luna 2 (USSR) which launched July 18, 1959 and was designed to crash into the moon's surface. The fist successful soft laning on the moon was Luna 9 (USSR) which launched on January 31,1966 The first probe to go into lunar orbit was Luna 10 (USSR) which launched March 31, 1966
What was the name of the first satellite launched into space and what was the nation that launched it?
Sputnik 1 USSR 1957
What year was the first satellite launched into space?
Sputnik I was launched by the USSR on October 4, 1957.
