Today in 20th century tech history
March 5
In 1936: First flight of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft.
In 1943: First flight of the Gloster Meteor jet fighter aircraft, the Allies' first operational jet.
In 1979: Voyager 1 makes its closest approach to Jupiter, passing within 172,000 miles.
In 1982: Soviet space probe Venera 14 arrives at the planet Venus.
In 1998: NASA announces that the Clementine probe orbiting the Moon has found enough water to support a human colony.
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