Daily Extra :
Astronomy & Space Word of The Day
Shoemaker-Levy9 (S-L9): The comet that broke up and fell into Jupiter in June 1994.
Who Was Born Today?:
1955: Thomas David Jones, born in Baltimore, Maryland, PhD/Astronaut, STS 59, 68, 80, sk: 98
Who Died Today?:
Today in History:
1965: U.S. launches TIROS 9 weather satellite
1969: Orbiting Solar Observatory 5 launched into earth orbit
1975: Landsat 2, an Earth Resources Technology Satellite, launched
1992: Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) launches into space
1997: Space Shuttle Atlantis Returns to Earth, Successful
2000: Vandenburg Launch Pad Demolished
