1994 in science

The year 1994 in science and technology consisted of many events, including those below.

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1 Astronomy and space exploration

Astronomy and space exploration

July 16-July 22 - The fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact the planet Jupiter
October 12 - NASA loses contact with the Magellan spacecraft after a successful mission. The probe crashed into Venus shortly after.

March 31 - The journal Nature reports the finding in Ethiopia of the first complete Australopithecus afarensis skull (see Human evolution).

May 6 - The Channel Tunnel, which took 15,000 workers over seven years to complete, opens between England and France. Travelers can now travel between the two countries in 35 minutes.

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