Titon

2009 – Cassini spacecraft snaps a picture of Fensal north of the equator and Aztlan south of the equator, on Titan, Saturn‘s largest moon.

2004Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, and collects samples to be returned to Earth.

1959 – The USSR’s Luna1,
the first Moon probe, is launched
and becomes the first extraterrestrial spacecraft.

Birthdays

1873 – Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and theorist (d. 28 April 1960)

1943 – Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer (d. leukemia 22 March 2004)