Tuesday, May 30, 2006

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Kindness

"Kindness is the ability to love people more than they really deserve."

- Mckenzie.

TOPIC OF THE DAY

TODAY IN SCIENCE HISTORY - MAY 30 - BIRTHS
Aleksey Arkhipovich Leonov
Born 30 May 1934
Soviet cosmonaut, the first man to climb out of a spacecraft in space. On 18 Mar 1965, Voskhod 2 was launched into space carrying Leonov with Pavel Belyayev aboard. On the second orbit Leonov left the spacecraft through the air lock while still tethered to the vessel. He took motion pictures and practiced moving outside of the spacecraft for 10 minutes. Voskhod 2 made 17 orbits at about 110 miles (177 km) above earth. Ten years later, on 17 Jul 1975, Leonov commanded the Soviet Soyuz craft that linked in orbit with a U.S. Apollo craft.
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