360What happened in 1976?
3 moments from 1976 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- On this day · 21 January 1976
Concorde begins passenger flights
On 21 January 1976, British Airways and Air France began the first supersonic passenger flights with Concorde, from London to Bahrain and from Paris to Rio de Janeiro via Dakar. Concorde flew at twice the speed of sound and crossed the Atlantic in about three and a half hours. It retired in 2003.
- On this day · 3 September 1976
Viking 2 lands on Mars
On 3 September 1976, NASA's Viking 2 lander touched down on Utopia Planitia, a plain on Mars, weeks after its twin, Viking 1. The landers photographed the red, rocky surface, measured the weather and tested the soil for signs of life. Viking 2 worked for more than three and a half years.
- 1976 · from The 1970s: development plans and the first microchips
SABIC founded; Concorde enters service