Geek Fact for March 11th

By Judy Novotny / 03/11/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1960, Pioneer 5 was launched into solar orbit between Earth and Venus.

The spacecraft established a communications link with the Earth from a record distance of 22.5 million miles on June 26th, 1960, which was its last day of transmission.

Learn more at http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1960-001A

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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.