Daily Extra :
Astronomy & Space Word of The Day
chromosphere: The lower level of the solar atmosphere between the photosphere and the corona.
Who Was Born Today?:
1906: Pavel P Parenago, Russian astronomer
Who Died Today?:
1727: Isaac Newton, English physicist/astronomer, dies in London age 84
Today in History:
141: 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1345: Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic"
1964: ESRO established, European Space Research Organization
1979: Columbia flies on Shuttle carrier aircraft to Kennedy Space Center
1987: NASA launches Palapa B2P
