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  2. HER2 - Wikipedia

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    HER2 is so named because it has a similar structure to human epidermal growth factor receptor, or HER1. Neu is so named because it was derived from a rodent glioblastoma cell line, a type of neural tumor. ErbB-2 was named for its similarity to ErbB (avian erythroblastosis oncogene B), the oncogene later found to code for EGFR.

  3. Timeline of space exploration - Wikipedia

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    Das Problem der Befahrung des Weltraums – der Raketen-Motor (The Problem of Space Travel – The Rocket Motor) discusses space travel and its potential uses for scientific experiments. Germany Herman Potočnik: January 1933: British Interplanetary Society founded. UK Philip E. Cleator April 1933: First detection of radio waves from an ...

  4. History of spaceflight - Wikipedia

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    [5] Description of a space station in Hermann Noordung's The Problem of Space Travel (1929). At the beginning of the 20th century, there was a burst of scientific investigation into interplanetary travel, inspired by fiction by writers such as Jules Verne ( From the Earth to the Moon , Around the Moon ) and H.G. Wells ( The First Men in the ...

  5. List of interplanetary voyages - Wikipedia

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    Collected soil samples near Mars' north pole to elucidate the history of water on Mars. Mission concluded 10 November 2008. [68] Dawn: Asteroid 4 Vesta: 27 September 2007 16 July 2011 entered orbit: 1388 days (3 years, 9 months, 19 days) Departed Vesta for 1 Ceres 5 September 2012. [69] 1 Ceres: 6 March 2015 entered orbit: 2718 days (7 years, 5 ...

  6. List of spaceflight records - Wikipedia

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    Albert II, a rhesus monkey, became the first mammal in space aboard a U.S. V-2 rocket on June 14, 1949, and died on reentry due to a parachute failure. The first dogs in space were launched 22 July 1951 aboard a Soviet R-1V. "Tsygin" and "Dezik" reached a height of 100 km (62 mi) and safely parachuted back to Earth.

  7. Timeline of space travel by nationality - Wikipedia

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    Countries represented only by suborbital space flyers are shaded. Note: citizens from the now-defunct East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Soviet Union have also flown in space. Since the first human spaceflight by the Soviet Union, citizens of 48 countries have flown in space. For each nationality, the launch date of the first mission is listed.

  8. Space exploration - Wikipedia

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    Aldrin held that reusable spacecraft were the key in making space travel affordable, stating that the use of "passenger space travel is a huge potential market big enough to justify the creation of reusable launch vehicles". [76] Space tourism is a next step in the use of reusable vehicles in the commercialization of space.

  9. Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes - Wikipedia

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    Did not reach the Moon as intended, but discovered a second radiation belt around Earth. [2] 5.9 kg (13.0 lb) 1959 January 2 Soviet Union: Luna 1: Luna: Partial success: The first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon, and the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. 361 kg (794.2 lb) February 17 US: Vanguard 2E: Vanguard SLV ...