Today in History – March 9, 1964 – First Ford Mustang rolls off assembly line. Ford sold 22,000 of the sporty car on the first day of sales in April 1965. The Mustang was one of the most successful product launches in automotive history with over one million units sold in its first [...]
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Engineering Education "Today in History" Blog: First Ford Mustang
March 9th, 2010 · Add a Comment
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Engineering Education "Today in History" Blog: Voyager 1 Discovers Jupiter's rings
March 7th, 2010 · Add a Comment
Today in History – March 7, 1979 - Voyager 1 transmits first images of a ring system around Jupiter. Voyager 1 was launched on September 5, 1977 and it passed Saturn in November 1980. A second spacecraft, the Voyager 2, was launched earlier on August 20, 1977. Later in 1979 improved images were provided by [...]
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Engineering Education "Today in History" Blog: Vacuum cleaners, engineering design and prototype testing
February 18th, 2010 · Add a Comment
Today in History – February 18, 1901 – First vacuum cleaner patented by Hubert Cecil Booth, an English structural engineer. This design had the disadvantage that it had no way to collect the dust and never became a commercial success. In 1907, James Spangler, a janitor working in Canton, Ohio, was not aware of [...]
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Engineering Education "Today in History" Blog: Voyager 1 becomes most distant human-made object in space
February 17th, 2010 · Add a Comment
Today in History – February 17, 1998 – “ Voyager 1 becomes the most distant human-made object from the Sun. Voyager 1 was launched on September 5, 1977 and it passed Saturn in November 1980. It continues a trajectory that takes it out of the solar system, making it the most distant spacecraft [...]
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Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: First untethered spacewalk
February 7th, 2010 · Add a Comment
Today in History – February 7, 1984 – The first untethered spacewalks were made by Space Shuttle Challenger astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart. Each used a manned maneuvering unit (MMU) in an orbit 150 nautical miles above the Earth. McCandless was the first to leave the cargo bay untethered in space. They [...]
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