INPE - 1971

• CNAE is extinct - 68.532 Decree.
  The CNAE (National Commission of Space Activities) is extincted. INPE is created - Space Research Institute, linked to CNPq.
• Brazilian Commission for Space Activities (COBAE) is created.
• INPE creates a new facility in Natal - which later becomes Northeast Regional Center - to support rockets launching at Barreira do Inferno.

  Worldwide

• The engineer Ray Tomlinson sends the first e-mail, using ARPANET, Internet precursor.

• The first Brazilian subway line starts to work in Sao Paulo.