Geek Fact for May 15th

By Judy Novotny / 05/15/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1963, Faith 7, the last Mercury mission, was launched.

Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper successfully completed the mission. He orbited Earth 22-1/2 times and was weightless for over 34 hours.

Learn more at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mercury/missions/faith7.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.