Today is 28th April, 09 and here’s what happened today in tech…
1 - 2001 Dennis Tito becomes the first space tourist by paying $20 million to fly on a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station.
2 - 1991 Space Shuttle STS-39 (Discovery 12) launched.
3 - 1986 Chernobyl, U.S.S.R. site of world’s worst nuclear power plant disaster.
4 - 1983 NASA launches Geos-F.
5 - 1958 Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed).



April 28th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
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