The Space and Technology section has two separate timelines, one for technology and a separate one for space. The Space timeline covers the following events:

  • Polaris Missile Fired
  • USS Enterprise Launched
  • Planes Collide Over Staten Island
  • Last Bendix Race Won by B-58
  • Telstar Broadcasts Live Satellites
  • USS Thresher Sinks
  • Surgeon General Reports on Smoking
  • IBM Introduces System 360
  • Nader Publishes Unsafe at any Speed
  • Verrazano Bridge Opened
  • First Commercial Satellite Launched
  • Great Blackout
  • First Direct Dial Phones
  • Heart Care Makes Strides
  • First 747 Flight

    • Each entry is narrated an includes a high quality photo. What is interesting about this section is the relative paucity of non-space advances during this period.