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NETHERLANDS SOLAROAD The world's first solar road was built in Krommenie, Holland - a 70-metre long bike path that turned sunlight into energy to power street lights, traffic lights and even households. Officials planned to continue testing the solar road to develop even more energy-producing roads. SPACESHIPTWO Co-pilot Michael Alsbury died in Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo as it disintegrated above California due to a premature unlocking of its feathering system. His co-pilot was injured, but parachuted to safety ROSETTA MISSION History was made as spacecraft Philae landed on a comet 500 million kilometres from Earth. Harpoons shot into the comet's surface, anchoring the craft to the ground. Philae was set to drill for samples and help European astronomers
study the composition and magnetic fields of the comet, but the inability to recharge its solar panels caused Philae to go missing. MARYAM MIRZAKHANI For the first time ever, the Fields Medal went to a woman. Iranian- born Mirzakhani spent a decade mathematically analyzing billiard geometries to understand the symmetry of curved surfaces. NEREUS DEEP SEA SUBMARINE The $8 million U.S. craft imploded under intense pressure 10 kilometres down during an exploration of the Kermadec Trench near Northeast New Zealand. Tile robot was built in 2008 and offered insights to unexplored oceans within its brief life.