Daily Extra :
Astronomy & Space Word of The Day
resonance: A state in which one orbiting object is subject to periodic gravitational perturbations by another.
Who Was Born Today?:
1951: Musa Khiramanovich Manarov, born in U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-4, TM-11
Who Died Today?:
1996: Robert Franklin Overmyer, astronaut (STS-5, STS-51-B), age 59
Today in History:
1982: 3rd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 3 launched
1981: Soyuz 39 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Mongolian) to Salyut 6
1985: NASA launches Intelsat VA
1996: STS-76 (Atlantis 16), launches into orbit
1997: Comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU)
