Daily Extra :
Astronomy & Space Fact
The third human to walk on the surface of the Moon was Charles P. "Pete" Conrad -- during the Apollo 12 Mission.
Who Was Born Today?:
1842: Camille Flammarion, Mars researcher and popularizer of astronomy
1926: Konstantin P Feoktistov, Voronezh, cosmonaut, Voskhod 1
1928: Anatoli Vassilyevich Filipchenko, Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 7, 16
1936: Eduard Ivanovich Buinovski, cosmonaut
1958: Susan J Helms, Charlotte, North Carolina, Mjr USAF/Astronaut, STS 54, 64, 78
1926: Konstantin P Feoktistov, Voronezh, cosmonaut, Voskhod 1
1928: Anatoli Vassilyevich Filipchenko, Russia, cosmonaut, Soyuz 7, 16
1936: Eduard Ivanovich Buinovski, cosmonaut
1958: Susan J Helms, Charlotte, North Carolina, Mjr USAF/Astronaut, STS 54, 64, 78
Who Died Today?:
Today in History:
1977: 1st flight of Space Shuttle (atop a Boeing 747)
1979: Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental US
1987: NASA launches GEOS-H
1998: Total solar eclipse in Venezuela-Pacific Ocean (4m09)