Geek Fact for July 7th

By Judy Novotny / 07/07/2012 / 1 Comment / Geek Facts

In 1988, the unmanned Russian spaceprobe Phobos 1 was launched on a mission to study Mars and its moons, Phobos and Deimos.

The Phobos 1 spacecraft was lost enroute to Mars after a faulty command sequence sent from Earth caused the spacecraft to shut down.

Learn more at http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/phobos1.html

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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.

1 thought on “Geek Fact for July 7th”

Heather
07/07/2012 at 11:36 pm
Love to read your Geek Facts. Always interesting. Thanks for sharing them!

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