Daily Extra :
Quote Of The Day
America is now a space-faring nation…. a frontier good for millions of years. The only time remotely comparable was when Columbus discovered a whole new world.
James S McDonnell, builder of Mercury and Gemini space capsules
Who Was Born Today?:
1873: Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer
Who Died Today?:
1892: George B Airy, English astronomer/writer
1996: Thornton Page, astrophysicist
Today in History:
1959: Luna 1 launched, first spacecraft to leave Earth's gravity and first to fly by the Moon. It discovered the solar wind and is now in a solar orbit.
1960: John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years