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Modern Marvels: Howard Hughes Tech. Wednesday, March 18 at 7 AM EST
Howard Hughes Tech.. An in-depth look at the technology conceived or developed by America's first billionaire. A passionate aviator, Howard Hughes built and flew planes that broke speed records, and developed war machines, spy
Modern Marvels: Walt Disney World. Thursday, March 19 at 8 AM EST
Walt Disney World.. Journey underground and backstage at the technological marvel that is Walt Disney World. Enter a make-believe world spanning some 27,000 acres, brought to life by cutting-edge technology. What was once Florida swampland
Modern Marvels: Walt Disney World. Thursday, March 19 at 2 PM EST
Walt Disney World.. Journey underground and backstage at the technological marvel that is Walt Disney World. Enter a make-believe world spanning some 27,000 acres, brought to life by cutting-edge technology. What was once Florida swampland
Modern Marvels: World War I Tech. Wednesday, March 25 at 7 AM EST
World War I Tech.. The first bombing airplanes and widespread use of chemical weapons...earliest tanks...submarines. When Industrial-Age technology and war first mixed on a large scale, the end result was ruthlessly efficient destruction. World War
Modern Marvels: The Telephone. Tuesday, March 24 at 1 PM EST
The Telephone.. From Alexander Graham Bell's crude creation, to today's high-speed wireless networks, we'll look into the past, present and future of the telephone. We'll visit the AT&T; archives to see how the very first telephone boxes wired
Modern Marvels: The Telephone. Tuesday, March 24 at 7 PM EST
The Telephone.. From Alexander Graham Bell's crude creation, to today's high-speed wireless networks, we'll look into the past, present and future of the telephone. We'll visit the AT&T; archives to see how the very first telephone boxes wired
Wild West Tech: Massacre Tech. Sunday, March 22 at 8 AM EST
Massacre Tech.. Mormons massacre a wagon train filled with overland settlers. Horse thieves decimate a camp of Chinese prospectors. Yavapai Indians slay a stagecoach full of passengers. No stranger to the Old West, technology often lent a
Modern Marvels: Environmental Tech Friday, March 13 at 1 PM EST
Environmental Tech. From the prairies of Saskatchewan to a Manhattan skyscraper we'll see the 21st Century's cutting-edge "green" technologies in action. New technologies such as carbon sequestration and bioremediation take on our most
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SPACE EXPLORATION,

The space age and practical astronautics commenced with the launching of Sputnik 1 by the Soviet Union in October 1957 and of Explorer 1 by the U.S. in January 1958. In October 1958 the NASA was created in the U.S. During the following decades, thousands of spacecraft of all varieties were launched, mostly in earth orbit. The overwhelming majority of these were launched by the Soviet Union and by the U.S.

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1983 First African American in space
1963 The U.S.-Soviet "hot line" goes into operation
1945 MacArthur arrives in Japan
1918 Vladimir Lenin shot
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