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Technology timelines

Sourced, chronological milestones explaining how important technologies, products, and companies evolved.

SpaceX Falcon 9 launching Crew Dragon with NASA astronauts on the Demo-2 mission

2002–Present 12 milestones

SpaceX and the New Commercial Space Race: From Falcon 1 to Starship

A living timeline of how SpaceX, NASA partnerships and reusable rockets reshaped launch economics, cargo delivery, human spaceflight, satellite internet and the ambitions of the commercial space industry.

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A grid of varied images generated by DALL-E from text prompts.

Technology History Ongoing

2014–Present 14 milestones

From GANs to AI Agents: The Evolution of Generative AI

A living timeline of the research breakthroughs and product launches that transformed generative AI from experimental image synthesis into systems that write, reason, see, hear, create video and act through software tools.

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Recreated view of the world's first website, originally hosted at CERN.

Technology History Ongoing

1969–Present 13 milestones

How the Internet Was Built: From Four Computers to a Global Network

A selective history of the breakthroughs that turned experimental packet switching into the infrastructure connecting billions of people and devices, while distinguishing the Internet from the World Wide Web.

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