1903 In Science
The year 1903 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Aeronautics * June 27–19-year-old American socialite Aida de Acosta becomes the first woman to fly a powered aircraft solo when she pilots Alberto Santos-Dumont, Santos-Dumont's motorized dirigible, "No. 9", from Paris to Château de Bagatelle in France. * December 17 – First documented, successful, controlled, powered flight of a heavier-than-air aircraft with a petrol engine by Orville Wright in the ''Wright Flyer'' at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. * Konstantin Tsiolkovsky begins a series of papers discussing the use of liquid fuel rockets to reach outer space, space suits, and colonization of the Solar System. Biology * The type specimen of the vampire squid (''Vampyroteuthis infernalis'') is described by Carl Chun. * Fauna and Flora International is founded as the Society for the Preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire by a group of British naturalists and American statesme ...
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