1980 in science
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The year 1980 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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[edit] Astronomy and space exploration
- November 12 - Voyager program: The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn when it flies within 77,000 miles of the planet's cloud-tops and sends the first high resolution images of the world back to scientists on Earth.
[edit] Biology
- (date unknown) - Celltech becomes the UK's first biotechnology company. Reference: Medical Research Council (UK) (14 May 2002). Cambridge symposium celebrates wealth creation at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Press release. Retrieved 2005-02-21.
[edit] Technology
- September 5 - The St. Gothard Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32 km) stretching from Goschenen to Airolo.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- January 8 - John Mauchly (b. 1907), co-inventor of the ENIAC computer.
- February 7 - Secondo Campini (b 1904), Italian jet engine pioneer.
- May 28 - Rolf Nevanlinna (b. 1895), mathematician.
- November 4 - Elsie MacGill (b. 1905), aeronautical engineer, "Queen of the Hurricanes".
- December 16 - Hellmuth Walter (b. 1900), engineer and inventor.
