Daily Extra :
Quote Of The Day
Thinking about the universe has now been handed over to specialists. The rest of us merely read about it.
Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
Who Was Born Today?:
1713: Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, astronomer who mapped the Southern Hemisphere
1932: Alan Lavern Bean, born in Wheeler, Texas, Captain USN/astronaut, Apollo 12, Skylab 3
1947: Larisa Grigoriyevna Pozharskaya, Russian cosmonaut
1932: Alan Lavern Bean, born in Wheeler, Texas, Captain USN/astronaut, Apollo 12, Skylab 3
1947: Larisa Grigoriyevna Pozharskaya, Russian cosmonaut
Who Died Today?:
Today in History:
1972: NASA selects 3 part configuration for Space Shuttle
1988: NASA reports accelerated breakdown of ozone layer by CFK
1999: Pluto again becomes outermost planet when its orbit carries it past Neptune. It lost this status in 2006 when the IAU decided that Pluto is not a planet.
