1968 In Science

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1967 In Science

1968 in science

1969 In Science

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Some key events of the year 1968 in Science and Technology are listed below.

ASTRONOMY

Neutron Star s; Thomas Gold explains the recently discovered radio Pulsar s as rapidly rotating neutron stars and subsequent observations confirm the suggestion (T. Gold, ''Nature 218'', 731-732, 1968)

SPACE EXPLORATION

launches Apollo 7 , the first manned Apollo mission, with Astronaut s Wally Schirra , Don Fulton Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham aboard. Goals for the mission include the first live Television broadcast from Orbit and testing the Lunar Module docking maneuver.

December 24 - Apollo 8 enters Moon orbit. Frank Borman , Jim Lovell and William A. Anders are the first humans to see the Far Side of the Moon and planet Earth as a whole.

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