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Geek Fact for January 28th

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by Judy Novotny

January 28, 2012

In 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members.

The crew of Space Shuttle Challenger consisted of Mission Commander Francis R. Scobee; Pilot Michael J. Smith; Payload Specialists Gregory B. Jarvis and Christa McAuliffe; Mission Specialists Judith A. Resnik, Ellison S. Onizuka and Ronald E. McNair.

Read more at http://www.aerospaceguide.net/spaceshuttle/challenger_disaster.html

In 1613, Galileo may have unknowingly viewed undiscovered planet Neptune.

According to University of Melbourne physicist David Jamieson,

“If this is correct Galileo observed Neptune 234 years before its official discovery.”

Learn more at http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=28689

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Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Follow her on Twitter (@techmom92).

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1 comment

  1. Dave

    January 28, 2012 at 6:12 am (UTC -5)

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    I was in High School when that happened and thought that the explosion would end our space exporation. I remember it and the reactions well.

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