Daily Extra :
Astronomy & Space Fact
The term "aeronautics" originated in France, and was derived from the Greek words for "air" and "to sail."
Who Was Born Today?:
1930: William Reid Pogue, Okemah Oklahoma, Colonel USAF/astronaut, Skylab 4
1942: Ivan Ivanovich Bachurin, cosmonaut
1949: Robert Cabana, Minneapolis, Mjr USMC/astronaut, STS 41, 53, 68, sk:88
1942: Ivan Ivanovich Bachurin, cosmonaut
1949: Robert Cabana, Minneapolis, Mjr USMC/astronaut, STS 41, 53, 68, sk:88
Who Died Today?:
1976: Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut, age 44
1997: Roger John Tayler, astrophysicist, age 67
1997: Roger John Tayler, astrophysicist, age 67
Today in History:
1930: Clyde Tombaugh photographs Pluto
1941: Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center
1961: Final test flight of USAF Atlas D traveled 5,000 miles to target down Atlantic Missile Range, representing 35 successes, 8 partials, and 6 failures in 49 test launchings for D model.
1970: Australia's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (Calif)
1970: U.S. launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1
1983: Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean
1986: Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB
