Tech History Today – April 24

In 1970 – The Chang Zheng-1 rocket launched the first Chinese satellite, the Dong Fang Hong-1.

In 1981 – Apple introduced the portable Apple IIc. The machine came with 128 kilobytes of RAM and a 5 1/4 inch floppy disk drive.

In 1990 – The Space Shuttle Discovery launched with the Hubble Space Telescope on board. The following day, Hubble was released into space.

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