Daily Extra :
Astronomy & Space Fact
To communicate with distant spacecraft, NASA's Deep Space Network uses antenna with a diameter of up to 70 meters (230 feet). That is almost as big as a football field.
Who Was Born Today?:
1952: Mario Runco, Jr., born in Bronx, New York, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, STS 44, 54, 77
Who Died Today?:
Today in History:
66: 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1962: Ranger 3 - USA Lunar Hard Lander launched. Lunar probe missed the moon and is now in a solar orbit.
