Daily Extra :
Quote Of The Day
Space isn’t remote at all. It’s only an hour’s drive away if your car could go straight upwards
Fred, Sir Hoyle (b. 1915)
Today in History:
1979: Voyager 2 - USA Jupiter/Saturn/Uranus/Neptune Flyby flew by Jupiter, Saturn on August 26, 1981, Uranus on January 24, 1986, and Neptune on August 24, 1989.
1994: Hubble Space Telescope - USA & Europe Telescope photographed the collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter.
1999: Deep Space 1 (DS1) - USA Asteroid and Comet Flyby - (launched 24 October 1998) flew by the Mars-crossing near-Earth asteroid 9969 Braille. The Deep Space 1 (DS1) is the first of a series of technology demonstration probes being developed by NASA's New Millennium Program. It again flew by comet Borrelly in September 2001.
