Energy and Buildings in the 20th Century; a project of the U.S. Department of Energy's Efficiency and Renewable Energy program.

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1960-1969

1966
Vehicle Assembly Building
Cape Kennedy, FL

Still the World's largest building! The building is an assembly plant and "garage" for space shuttles. You could easily fit a 40-story skyscraper through the entry doors of this building, which are 500 feet high and 70 feet wide. To keep the energy bills down, only the zones where people work are heated or cooled.

1966 Vehicle Assembly Building, Cape Kennedy, FL

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1960 First laser device developed by U.S. scientists

1961 Russian Yuri Gagarin becomes first man in space

1962 John Glenn orbits earth

1965 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. marches for black equality in Selma, AL

1965 Electric power in most of Northeast U.S.

1967 Microwave oven

1969 Neil Armstrong becomes first man to walk on the Moon

1969 Internet

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