Geek Fact for December 4th

By Judy Novotny / 12/04/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1998, the Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched on the first mission to begin assembling the International Space Station (ISS).

Two days later, the U.S.-built connecting node, Unity, was coupled with the Russian-built control module, Zarya, which means Sunrise, and the space station was a reality.

Learn more at http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/12/dayintech_1204.

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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.