Daily Extra :
Quote Of The Day
Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
Who Was Born Today?:
- 1929 William Edgar Thornton, born in Faison, North Carolina, MD/astronaut, STS-8, 51-B, sk:49
- 1629 Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer, discovered Saturn's rings
- 1953 Irina Rudolfovna Pronina, Russian cosmonaut
- 1942 Valentin Vitaliyevich Lebedev, cosmonaut, Soyuz 13, 35, T-5
- 1941 Anatoli Pavlocich Fyodorov, cosmonaut
Who Died Today?:
- 1764 Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer, dies at 84
- 1971 Armand Spitz, developer of small educational planetarium, dies
Today in History:
1970: Apollo 13 - USA Lunar Flyby (April 11-17, 1970) Crew: James A. Lovell, Jr., Fred W. Haise, Jr., John L. Swigert, Jr. The Apollo 13 mission became one of survival for the astronauts on board. During the translunar coast an explosion destroyed both power and propulsion systems of the Command Service Module. The Lunar Module was used as a lifeboat for the astronauts.
1981: 1st Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth
