Geek Fact for December 21st

By Judy Novotny / 12/21/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1968, Apollo 8 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The crew of Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders were the first people to ever leave the gravitational influence of the Earth and orbit another celestial body, the Moon.

Learn more at http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-8/apollo-8.htm.

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