Geek Fact for April 23rd

By Judy Novotny / 04/23/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1971, Soyuz 10 launched and became the first spacecraft to dock with a space station (Salyut 1).

A soft docking was accomplished. However, the crew could not achieve a secure enough docking to allow entry into the station.

Learn more at http://historicspacecraft.com/soyuz.html

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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. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.