Project Ozma and the Dawn of SETI: The First Search, the Drake Equation, and a Century of Milestones

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Frank Drake's 1960 Project Ozma launched the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, sparked the Drake Equation with Carl Sagan and ongoing SETI work, and a timeline links a long series of major historical milestones.

Project Ozma launches, hoping to find extraterrestrial life | HISTORY
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Project Ozma launches, hoping to find extraterrestrial life | HISTORY

The goal? To detect radio signals from deep space.