2012 Event A solar plane, called The Solar Impulse, lands in Morocco after completing the world's first intercontinental flight powered by the Sun 2012 Event Scientists at Stanford University invent a working bionic eye the is powered only by focused light; the eye could eventually restore the sight of millions of people suffering from macular degeneration and retinal pigmentosa 1997 Event U.S. launches nuclear powered Cassini to Saturn 1987 Event Discovery in Orbital Processing Facility is powered up for STS-26 1965 Event 1st atomic powered spacecraft launched 1960 Event 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched, the Tullibee 1960 Event 1st guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut) 1959 Event 1st nuclear powered merchant ship, NS Savannah, christened, Camden, New Jersey 1959 Event 1st atomic powered cruiser, Long Beach, Quincy Massachusetts 1957 Event Scott Crossfield takes X-15 up for 1st powered flight 1956 Event 1st solar powered radios go on sale 1955 Event Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight 1955 Event 1st sub powered by liquid metal cooled reactor launched-Seawolf 1952 Event Keel laid for 1st nuclear powered sub Nautilus 1946 Event Army rocket plane XS-1 makes 1st powered flight 1942 Event 1st powered flight of V-1 buzz bomb, Peenemunde, Germany 1908 Event Thomas Selfridge becomes 1st fatality of powered flight 1902 Event Lyman Gilmore is 1st person to fly a powered craft 1881 Event Battle at Laing's Neck Natal: Boers beat superior powered British 1872 Event George B Brayton patents gasoline powered engine 1870 Event 1st New York City subway line opens (pneumatic powered)
