Every Person Memorialized on the Moon
On August 2, 1971, in the last minutes of Apollo 15’s final moonwalk, David Scott drove the lunar rover a short way from the lander, set down a small aluminum figurine and a plaque... Read More →
Category: Science
Explore the best science facts on FinalWonder, where every post is a complete list worth reading. From the people who reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench to the men who walked on the moon and the animals sent to space, our science lists cover the details most people overlook. Browse the full collection below and find your next deep dive into discovery and exploration.
Every Person Who Has Reached the Bottom of the Mariana Trench
On March 23, 1875, the survey ship HMS Challenger paused over an unremarkable stretch of the western Pacific and lowered a weighted rope. It paid out 4,475 fathoms – 8,184 meters – before touching... Read More →
Every Nuclear Weapon That Has Been Lost and Never Recovered
On March 10, 1956, a B-47 Stratojet left MacDill Air Force Base in Florida and headed east across the Atlantic, bound nonstop for an overseas base. Somewhere over the Mediterranean it simply failed to... Read More →
Every Animal That Has Been Sent to Space
On February 20, 1947, a captured German V-2 rose from the New Mexico desert carrying the first travellers ever sent beyond the atmosphere: a small container of fruit flies. They rode to about 109... Read More →
All 12 Men Who Have Walked on the Moon
Everyone who has ever walked on another world did it while Richard Nixon was in the White House. The first bootprints went into the Sea of Tranquility in the summer of 1969; by the... Read More →
