Mir station burned after 15 years of service
Almost on this day, 20 years ago, Mir space station descended into the atmosphere, and burned after 15 years of service.
Tagged "tech-debt"
The Earth didn't go around the Sun 405 years ago
On the same day, 405 years ago, in 1616, Galileo Galilei got into trouble with the Inquisition and got formally banned by the Church for teaching heliocentrism.
Copernicus, happy 548th birthday!
On this day in 1473, Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish mathematician, and astronomer, was born.