Daily Extra :
Astronomy & Space Word of The Day
ultraviolet: Light that is so blue humans cannot see it. A band of the electromagnetic spectrum between the visible and the X-ray. Photons of ultraviolet light are more energetic than photons of visible light.
Who Was Born Today?:
1920: DeForest Kelley, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Dr. McCoy-Star Trek
1930: Buzz Aldrin, Montclair, New Jersey, USAF/astro, Gem 12, Ap 11
1939: Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, Indian astronomer
1948: Jerry Ross, Indiana, Lt Col USAF/astronaut, STS 61B, 27, 37, 55, 74,sk:88
1951: Magomed Omarovich Tolboyev, Russian cosmonaut
1930: Buzz Aldrin, Montclair, New Jersey, USAF/astro, Gem 12, Ap 11
1939: Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, Indian astronomer
1948: Jerry Ross, Indiana, Lt Col USAF/astronaut, STS 61B, 27, 37, 55, 74,sk:88
1951: Magomed Omarovich Tolboyev, Russian cosmonaut
Who Died Today?:
Today in History:
1961: Headline news in Moscow was detailed Tass announcement that Strelka, one of two female dogs recovered from orbiting Spacecraft II in August 1960, had given birth to six puppies in good health. Pravda had announced 3 weeks earlier that one of the satellite-passenger dogs had given birth. (See Dogs in Space
1965: JPL proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars and return
1990: US 64th manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) returns from space
1997: Comet Hale-Bopp crosses Mars' orbit