Arecynthia

TBH, my birthday could've been better instead of me going to school at 5:30 in the morning and grinding till 12:30 till I return home!

Arecynthia

April 13: 102 years since the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre; 61 years since Transit 1-B's launch, the first satellite navigation system; 51 years since the "crippling" of Apollo 13, leading to the principal accident and complications; 4 years since the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast's, the largest ever non-nuclear weapon, is dropped! 
          April 14: 63 years since Sputnik 2, carrying Laika, de-orbited from Earth's orbit; 40 years since STS-1, the first Space Shuttle mission, returned! 
          April 15: 98 years since Insulin, whose deficiency causes Diabetes Mellitus, became generally available for diabetic people's use; 69 years since the first flight of the B-52 Stratofortress, probably the USAF's longest-serving long-range bomber; 66 years since the founding of McDonald's!

Arecynthia

April 10: 2 years since the first imaging of a black hole!
          April 11: 51 years of the launch of Apollo 13, humankind's most daring survival, that too in space! 
          April 12: 60 years since the flight of Vostok 1, humankind's first spaceflight (overall), by Yuri Gagarin; 40 years since the first Space Shuttle mission, STS-1, humankind's most expensive reusable space vehicle; 66 years since the polio vaccine was deemed safe and effective!

Arecynthia

Thank you @l1lyy_ and @TinaX2 for this wonderful profile picture! I almost cried seeing it for the first time!

Arecynthia

@Deuphoria You'd know after reading the book
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7 YEARS!!! IT'S BEEN 7 FUCKING GREAT YEARS SINCE ISRO'S MARS ORBITER MISSION, ALSO KNOWN AS MANGALYAAN, ENTERED ORBIT AROUND MARS AND STARTED ITS PRIMARY MISSION! IT'S LASTED 7 YEARS NOW, DESIGNED TO LAST ONLY 6 MONTHS! FUCKING PROUD OF MY COUNTRY!!!