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Photographer: Kevin W. Taken: July 21, 2008 Caption: Century of Flight Monument Pylon (1968-1972)
Additional Description:
1968
World’s first wide-boy airliner, the Boeing 747, introduced
1968
December 31
Soviet Union’s Tupolev 144
First supersonic transport
1969
March 2
First flight of British-French supersonic commercial jet, Concorde
1969
July 20
Neil Armstrong walks on the moon One small step for man;
One giant leap for mankind
1971
April 19
World’s first space station, Soviet Salyuti, placed in orbit
1972 LANDSAT I
America’s first environmental satellite
1972
Intel 4004 microprocessor – human artifact that has travelled the farthest from earth programmed to reach the star Ross in 32,000 years Submitted: August 10, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. Database Locator Identification Number: p31233 File Size: 2.160 Megabytes
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