SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1960-

• The first geothermal power plant produces electricity
• The first contraceptive pills are marketed in the United States
• The first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, the Enterprise, is launched

1961-

• IMB markets the Electric typewriters with changeable type
• Two American Helicopter companies are sent to Vietnam
• The first American astronaut, Alan Shepard, makes a suborbita
• Space flight

1962-

• John Glen becomes the first American to orbit the Earth
• NASA launches Telstar, a communication satellite, for AT&T

1963-

• A vaccine against measles is developed
• Kodak markets the Instamatic camera, which uses a film cartridges
• Polariod introduces a Poloriod camera

1964-