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1983 in science

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The year 1983 in science and technology involved many significant events, as listed below.

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Anthropology

Astronomy and space science

  • June 13 – Pioneer 10 passes the orbit of Neptune, becoming the first man-made object to travel beyond the major planets of the Solar System.
  • September 26 – The Soyuz T-10-1 mission ends in a pad abort at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, when a pad fire occurs at the base of the Soyuz U rocket during the launch countdown. The escape tower system, attached to the top of the capsule containing the crew and Soyuz spacecraft, fires immediately pulling the crew safe from the vehicle, six seconds before the rocket explodes, destroying the launch complex.
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Biology

Computer science

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History of science

Mathematics

Medicine

Metrology

Paleontology

Psychology

Technology

Organizations

  • Spain re-joins CERN after having left in 1969 (originally joined for the first time in 1961).

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