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    Albert Einstein was one of the scientists involved with the creation of the atomic bomb, invented under the code name “Manhattan Project”, which devastated the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

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A launch attempt of Discovery mission STS 51-I failed due to computer failure

On the 25th August, 1985, the second launch attempt of Discovery mission STS 51–I was abandoned when one of the orbiter’s computers failed.

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