Space age!

1960s, it was the decade of the beginning of space age.
October 4, 1957, the first human-made object Sputnik launched to orbit to the earth by the Soviet Union. Since then people had became crazy for futuristic style. Many kind of product designers were influenced by the boom. For example, furniture shape became more round shape with chlome or plastic. Ford even made a car which is completely translucent orange body.

 

July 20, 1969, Finally Apollo 11 landed the first humans on the Moon by the USA. It was watched by over 500 million people around the world and became as one of the historical moments of the 20th century.

Following of these affair, 1960s was exactly space age.

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