Geek Fact for January 27th

By Judy Novotny / 01/27/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1967, the Apollo 1 fire killed astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee.

In one of the worst tragedies in the history of spaceflight, the crew members were killed in a fire in the Apollo Command Module during a preflight test at Cape Canaveral.

Learn more at http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo1info.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.