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On This Date in History - February 22

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Astronomy & Space Word of The Day

Accretion Disk : The whirling disk of gas that form around a compact object such as a white dwarf, neutron star or black hole as matter is drawn in.

Who Was Born Today?:

1796: Adolphe Quetelet, Belgium, mathematician/astronomer/statistician
1952: James Philip Bagian, Philadelphia, MDPE/astronaut, STS 29, STS 40

Who Died Today?:

Today in History:

1965: USSR launches Kosmos 57 into earth orbit (Voskhod Test)

1966: USSR launches Kosmos 110 with Veterok and Ugolek, 1st 2-dog crew (See Dogs in Space)

1996: STS 75 (Columbia 19), launches into orbit

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