Daily Extra :
Astronomy & Space Fact
Oceans cover almost three-quarters of the Earth. If all the ice in glaciers and ice sheets melted, the sea level would rise by about 80 meters -- about the height of a 26-story building.
Who Was Born Today?:
1931: Duane E. Graveline, born in Newport, Vermont, astronaut
Who Died Today?:
1840: Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets and asteroids), age 81
Today in History:
1968: USSR launches space probe Zond 4; fails to leave Earth orbit
1972: Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby
1978: Soyuz 28 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Czechoslovakian) to Salyut 6
1995: Space shuttle STS-67 (Endeavour 8), launches
1996: NEAR, USA Asteroid Orbiter (Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous) imaged Comet Hyakutake.
