• more about #anniversary
    brghtfuture9: Without sounding too dour, how are they going to clean it up? After all there is enough junk floating around up there that self disposing satellites w... more »
    twophrasebark: Oh, that's nice. They wrapped it as a present for the aliens. more »
    Roklimber: How was it deployed? A quick google search yields: [en.wikipedia.org] which says: OSCAR-1 was the very first satellite to be ejected as a secondar... more »
    goldfarb: did it play polka music? more »
    bonniegrrl: Happy Birthday.... You sassy blogs grow up so fast! Okay time for your birthday spanking! more »
    Klebert L. Hall: "Lockhart Steele" Seriously? Was that his (her?) secret identity? Did he (she?) give you missions for a shadowy quasi-governmental organization? I me... more »
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Only a year? Our implants make it seem much longer. HIPY BTHDY or however it was that Wol spelled it. more »
    d_r_e: Happy Birthday. Now where's the cake? more »
    Rasselas: Congratulations. Will Denton remove the explosive collars to mark the occasion? more »
    Ed Grabianowski: Yay! One year ago, I came here as an excited reader. Who knew my name would end up on the masthead!? I raise my glass to Annalee, the other io9 editor... more »
    Grey_Area: This is also Issac Asimov's birthday, an auspicious date. Many happy returns of the day and BACONATED CHOCOLATE FOR ALL! more »
    crashedpc - Haifisch: Wow. I think I've been coming here since almost day one, then. Didn't think of commenting until fairly recently, since I didn't want to spew my filthy... more »
    Ghede: Here's to many more. When are you gonna start publishing short fiction? I just noticed that most of the old Sci-fi magazines printed short fiction... ... more »
    RAHfanboy: It's been an honor to serve as this sites unofficial (some would say unwanted) Token Conservative for the past year. Thanks for turning me on to Middl... more »
    phoenix: Happy Birthday you guys! Here's to another year of delicious delicious tentacles. more »
    92BuickLeSabre: Ahh, Omni. No wonder I like io9 so much. Thanks for helping remember that some good things did happen in 2008. more »
    Kaila Hale-Stern: The baby, it grows so fast! Soon she'll be teething on her first solid brains. more »
    braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: You are welcome. Yeesh, I don't know what you guys would do without me. more »
    Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.: you mean, of course, one Christian year ago... sorry, couldn't help it! Happy Temporal Celebration, io9! more »
  • #amateurspaceflight

    All Hail OSCAR 1!

    Today is the anniversary of the launch of the world's first non-governmental satellite, OSCAR (Orbiting Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio) 1. Built for $63 by amateur radio operators, it lasted almost 20 days in orbit and delighted hams worldwide. [Smithsonian]
  • #itsbeenawholeyear

    Happy First Birthday, io9

    io9 was born a year ago today. No, it's not the Temporal Cold War - really, it's only been one year since we launched by posting a cheesy Hulk video and pictures of exploding nanowires.