The biggest scientific discoveries in every state by Lydia Ramsey and Diana Yukari on Jun 28, 2017, 3:11 PM The US has a long history of scientific discoveries. From the invention of the steam-powered boat engine in the 18th Century to the sequencing of the human genome at the turn of the 21st, each state can claim its own scientific advancements. To celebrate those achievements, we've compiled a list of important science discoveries in every state. Scroll through to find out more. 
Tanya Lewis and Melissa Stanger contributed reporting. SEE ALSO: 15 ways to stay focused all day, according to scientists DON'T MISS: What extreme heat does to your body and brain ALABAMA: The first rocket to send Americans to the moon was built in this state.  The Saturn V rocket that sent the first Americans to the moon in 1969 was primarily designed and built at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The rocket was used to ferry astronauts on all 13 Apollo missions between 1967 and 1973.
ALASKA: Paleontologists spotted a T Rex subspecies.  A new T Rex subspecies was discovered in 2014 on the Pine Creek Formation of Alaska by paleontologists Anthony Fiorillo and Ronald Tykoski. They named it Nanuqsaurus hoglundi.
ARIZONA: Clyde Tombaugh picked Pluto out of the sky.  In 1930, Clyde Tombaugh, a young astronomer at Flagstaff's Lowell Observatory discovered Pluto, which was our solar system's ninth planet before it was demoted to a "dwarf planet." And in 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto for the first time, snapping this stunning image.
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