1963 in science
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The year 1963 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below.
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Astronomy and space exploration
- May 15 - Mercury program: NASA launches the last mission of the program, Mercury 9 (on June 12 NASA Administrator James E. Webb told Congress the program was complete).
- Arecibo Observatory officially begins operation.
Biology
- Geneticist J. B. S. Haldane coins the word "clone".
Physics
- D. H. Frisch and J. H. Smith prove radioactive decay of mesons is slowed by their motion. (See Einstein's special relativity and general relativity).
Awards
Births
Deaths
- April 6 - Otto Struve (b. 1897), astronomer.