Geek Fact for November 3rd

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

In 1973 , NASA launched Mariner 10, the first space probe to reach Mercury.

Mariner 10 was also the first spacecraft to use the gravitational pull of one planet (Venus) to reach another (Mercury) as well as the first spacecraft mission to visit two planets.

Learn more at http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1973-085A.

About The Author

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.

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In 1973 , NASA launched Mariner 10, the first space probe to reach Mercury.

About The Author

Judy Novotny

In 1973 , NASA launched Mariner 10, the first space probe to reach Mercury.