Space Shuttle Enterprise was a test vehicle used for approach and landing tests in 1977; it lacked engines and a heat shield for orbit.

The Parker Solar Probe, launched to study the Sun, uses gravity assists to achieve record-breaking speeds, eventually exceeding 430,000 mph.

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully impacted the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in 2022 to change its orbit.

The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975 marked the first time US and Soviet spacecraft docked in space, symbolizing a thaw in the Cold War.

Their discovery led to blood tests and new medicines that have saved millions of lives from liver cirrhosis and cancer.

Using the COBE satellite, they showed the blackbody form and anisotropy of the CMB, supporting the Big Bang theory.

Edwards developed human IVF therapy, which led to the birth of the first 'test-tube baby', Louise Brown, in 1978.

Pauling won the Chemistry prize for his work on the nature of the chemical bond and the Peace prize for his campaign against nuclear weapons testing.

Goethe's 'Faust' is considered by many to be the greatest work of German literature.

'The Divine Comedy' is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, widely considered one of the greatest works of world literature.