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The year 1971 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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Astronomy and space exploration
- January 31 - Apollo program: Astronauts aboard Apollo 14 lift off for a mission to the moon.
- February 5 - Apollo 14 lands on the Moon.
- February 9 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing.
- May 19 - Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
- May 30 - Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched toward Mars.
- June 30 - The crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply leaks out through a faulty valve
- July 26 - Apollo program: Launch of Apollo 15. On July 31 the Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover a day after landing on the surface.
- November 13 - Mariner program: Mariner 9 enters Mars orbit.
Biology
- Francis G. Howarth discovers communities of specialized cave animals living in lava tubes at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Computer science
- November 3 - The UNIX Programmer's Manual is published.
- November 15 - Intel releases world's first microprocessor, the 4004.
Psychology
- Studies in Animal and Human Behavior, Volume II is published by Konrad Lorenz.
Awards
Births
Deaths
- March 11 - Philo T. Farnsworth (b. 1906), television pioneer.
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