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On This Date in History - January 1


Astronomy & Space Fact

"Aerodynamics" comes from two Greek words: aerios (concerning the air) and dynamis (powerful). Aerodynamics is the study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.

Who Was Born Today?:

1933 James A Abrahamson, USAF/astronaut

1962 Ravshanbek Aliyev, Kirgiz, cosmonaut

1959 Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghanistan, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-6

1956 Anatoli Borisovich Polonsky, Russia, Lt-colonel/cosmonaut

1956 Sergei Vasiliyevich Avdeyev, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-15, SK:TM-28

1950 Svetlana Georgievna Beregovkina, Russia, cosmonaut

1950 Yevgeni Vladimirovich Saley, cosmonaut

1949 Nikolai Tikhonovich Moskalenko, Russia, cosmonaut

1947 Alexei Ivanovich Bobrov, Russia, cosmonaut

1947 Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov, Rus cosmonaut, Soyuz T-8, TM-4, STS 63

1942 Gennadi Vassilyevich Sarafanov, USSR, cosmonaut, Soyuz 15

1935 Valentin Nikolaevich N Benderov, Russia, cosmonaut

Who Died Today?:

1996 Arthur Rudolph, rocket Engineer, dies at 89

Today in History:


1801 : Italian Giuseppe Piazzi discovers Ceres, the first known (and largest) asteroid. He observed it until his illness stopped him February 11th. By the time he notified others of his discovery by letters sent January 24th, Ceres was too close to the Sun for observation and was not relocated when it emerged in September. It was finally be spotted again on the last day of 1801 and the first of 1802.

1958: Strategic Air Command assigned responsibility for U.S. operational ICBM capability; while the 672nd Strategic Missile Squadron, first to be equipped with USAF Douglas Thor IRBM, was activated.

1610: German astronomer Simon Marius claims to have 1st discovered the Jupiter moons, but did not officially report it, Galileo did on July 1 1610

1969: World Data Center A for Rockets and Satellites transferred to the National Space Science Data Center.

1992: International Space Year began

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On This Date in History - January 2

Quote Of The Day

America is now a space-faring nation…. a frontier good for millions of years. The only time remotely comparable was when Columbus discovered a whole new world.

James S McDonnell, builder of Mercury and Gemini space capsules

Who Was Born Today?:

1873: Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer

Who Died Today?:

1892: George B Airy, English astronomer/writer

1996: Thornton Page, astrophysicist

Today in History:

1959: Luna 1 launched, first spacecraft to leave Earth's gravity and first to fly by the Moon. It discovered the solar wind and is now in a solar orbit.

1960: John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years

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On This Date in History - January 3

Astronomy & Space Fact

Have you ever heard a sonic boom? When an airplane travels at a speed faster than sound, density waves of sound emitted by the plane accumulate in a cone behind the plane. When this shock wave passes, a listener hears a sonic boom. Large meteors and the Space Shuttle frequently produce audible sonic booms before they are slowed to below the sound of speed by the Earth's atmosphere.

Who Was Born Today

1932: Anatoli Petrovich Kuklin, Russia, cosmonaut
1947: Sergey Filipovich Protchenko, Russian cosmonaut

Who Died Today

1641: Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomical prodigy

Today in History

1963: Mariner 2 - USA Venus Flyby (August 27, 1962 - January 3, 1963) went off the air. On December 14, 1962, Mariner 2 arrived at Venus at a distance of 34,800 kilometers and scanned its surface with infrared and microwave radiometers, capturing data that showed Venus's surface to be about 425°C (800°F). Three weeks after the Venus flyby Mariner 2 went off the air on January 3, 1963. It is now in a solar orbit.

1999: Launch of Mars Polar Lander and Deep Space 2 probes. The Mars Polar Lander, also known as the Mars Surveyor '98 Lander, was a companion to the Mars Climate Orbiter. It was to touch down on the southern polar layered terrain, between 73 S and 76 S, less than 1000 km from the south pole, near the edge of the carbon dioxide ice cap in Mars' late southern spring. The last telemetry from the spacecraft was sent just prior to atmospheric entry on 3 December 1999. No further signals have been received from the lander, the cause of this loss of communication is not known.

The Deep Space 2 (DS2) project is a New Millenium mission consisting of two probes which were to penetrate the surface of Mars near the south polar layered terrain and send back data on the sub-surface properties. On 3 December 1999 the probes were nearing Mars on a trajectory to enter the atmosphere and bring them to their intended landing site, but contact was never made with either probe and the mission was presumed lost.

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On This Date in History - January 4

Astronomy & Space Word of The Day

Antipodal Point : the point that is directly on the opposite side of a planet

Who Was Born Today

1797: Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer, constructed 1st Moon map

1935: Kenneth Money, Canada, astronaut, STS 42-alt

Who Died Today Today in History

1610: Galileo Galilei points his newly developed telescope at the sky and observes craters and mountains on the Moon, moving spots on the Sun, four moons revolving

around Jupiter the phases of Venus, and the almost innumerable stars of the Milky Way. Jan 4 thru 15, 1601 are called by some the most important days in

the history of astronomy.

1643: Sir Isaac Newton born in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England.

1958: Sputnik 1, the first satellite, reenters the atmosphere and disintegrates.

1959: Luna 1 passes within 6000 km of Moon's surface, first spacecraft to reach the moon.

2004: Mars Exploration Rover Spirit lands in Gusev Crater on Mars.

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On This Date in History - January 5

Quote Of The Day

Stars scribble on our eyes the frosty sagas, The gleaming cantos of unvanquished space . . .

Hart Crane 1899–1932

Who Was Born Today

1930: Edward Galven Givens, Jr., Quanah Texas, Major USAF/astronaut

Who Died Today

1960: Pavel P Parenago, Russia, cosmonaut

Today in History

1610: Galileo Galilei points his newly developed telescope at the sky and observes craters and mountains on the Moon, moving spots on the Sun, four moons revolving around Jupiter, the phases of Venus, and the almost innumerable stars of the Milky Way. Jan 4 thru 15, 1601 are called by some the most important days in the history of astronomy .

1969: Launch of Venera 5 spacecraft, second spacecraft to return data from Venus atmosphere. Venera 5 arrived at Venus on May 16, 1969. Along with Venera 6, atmospheric data was returned indicating an atmosphere composed of 93-97% carbon dioxide, 2-5% nitrogen, and less than 4% oxygen. The probe returned data down to within 26 kilometers of surface and was then lost - crushed by the pressure on Venus.

1834: Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell.

1905: Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara.

1972: President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on manned shuttle 1972: NASA announces development of space shuttle

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On This Date in History - January 6


Astronomy & Space Word of The Day

regio: A region

Who Was Born Today

1948: Guy Spencer Gardner, Alta Vista, Virginia, Lt Col USAF/astro, STS 27, STS 35

1957: C Michael Foale, Louth England, astronaut, STS 45, 56, 63, 84/86

1963: Philippe Perrin, Meknes Morocco, Lt Col FAF/astronaut


Who Died Today

Today in History

1610: Galileo Galilei points his newly developed telescope at the sky and observes craters and mountains on the Moon, moving spots on the Sun, four moons revolving around Jupiter, the phases of Venus, and the almost innumerable stars of the Milky Way. Jan 4 thru 15, 1601 are called by some the most important days in the history of astronomy.

1949: The first atomic clock was built. It was based on earlier theoretical work by Isidor Rabi and used ammonia as its pendulum

1967: The Surveyor 1 spacecraft is reactivated after almost 6 months dormancy on the lunar surface.

1987: Astronomers at University of California see 1st sight of birth of a galaxy

1998:Lunar Prospector - USA Lunar Orbiter was launched and arrived at the Moon on January 11, 1998. It is designed for a low polar orbit investigation of the Moon, including the mapping of surface composition and possible ice deposits, the measuring of magnetic and gravity fields, and the study of lunar outgassing events. This data could help scientists plan a potential lunar base and develop theories of the formation of the Moon, Earth and Solar System. Its mission is scheduled to last one to three years

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