Daily Extra :
Astronomy & Space Word of The Day
Asteroid Number : number assigned to an asteroid when it is discovered. It has no particular meaning except that asteroid N+1 was discovered after asteroid N.
Who Was Born Today?:
1935: Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov, cosmonaut, Soyuz 6, 19, 36/35
1941: Frederick Drew Gregory, Washington D.C., Col USAF/astro, STS 51-B, 33, 44
1951: Talgat Amangeldyyevich Musabayev, Russian mjr/cosmonaut, TM-19, TM-27
1941: Frederick Drew Gregory, Washington D.C., Col USAF/astro, STS 51-B, 33, 44
1951: Talgat Amangeldyyevich Musabayev, Russian mjr/cosmonaut, TM-19, TM-27
Who Died Today?:
1994: Lewis Boddington, aerospace Engineer
Today in History:
1610: Galileo Galilei first sees Io, Europa, and Callisto. Jan 4 through 15, 1610, Galileo Galilei points his newly developed telescope at the sky and observes craters and mountains on the Moon, moving spots on the Sun, four moons revolving around Jupiter, the phases of Venus, and the almost innumerable stars of the Milky Way. These dates are called by some the most important days in the history of astronomy.
1968: Surveyor 7 - USA Lunar Soft Lander launched. Landed on the lunar surface.
1985: Sakigake - Japan Comet Flyby launched. Comet Halley flyby took place on March 1, 1986.
1998: Launch of Lunar Prospector Moon orbiter.