May 12 – This Day in Astro History

2022 – The Event Horizon Telescope released the first image of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

the first image of Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy

2013 – Canadian Chris Hadfield’s last day as Commander on ISS.

1965 – The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon.

1946 – Preliminary Design of an Experimental World Circling Space Ship. Project RAND filed a report entitled ‘Preliminary Design of an Experimental World Circling Space Ship,’ which indicated the technical feasibility of building and launching an artificial satellite..

Birthdays

1962 – Gregory Harold ‘Box’ Johnson born in Ruislip, England, UK. Selection NASA Group 17 (1998). Time in space: 31d 11h 50m. Missions: STS-123, STS-134. Johnson was the pilot of STS-134, the final flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour and the penultimate flight of the Space Shuttle Program.