News tagged with anniversary
British team plans to reestablish contact with 1970’s era satellite
(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of academic space scientists has decided to try to open a channel with a British satellite launched in 1971, but not heard from since 1996. The team, headed by Roger Duthie, a PhD ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 06, 2011 |
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Internet turns 40 with birthday bash
Technology and media stars, pundits and entrepreneurs joined the Internet's father to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his culture-changing child.
Oct 29, 2009 |
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US space pioneers to get congressional medals
The US Congress on Wednesday will award the nation's highest civilian honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, to four American astronauts including the first man to walk on the Moon, 81-year-old Neil Armstrong.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Apple's Macintosh celebrates 25th birthday
The Apple Macintosh, born at the hands of renegade engineers in the early 1980s, changed the relationship between human and keyboard.
Jan 28, 2009 |
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