SpaceX launched its 20th rocket of the year just two days after lofting a record 64 satellites into orbit. On this flight, a brand-new Falcon 9 hoisted a Dragon spacecraft into orbit, bound for the International Space Station. But unlike Monday’s textbook touchdown, today’s landing […]
Day: December 6, 2018
Conté: Word of the day for December 6, 2018 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot
Conté , n : (art) A drawing medium, usually square in cross section, composed of compressed powdered charcoal or graphite mixed with a clay or wax base. French painter and army officer Nicolas-Jacques Conté, who invented the medium, died on this day in 1805.
Wikipedia article of the day for December 6, 2018 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot
The Wikipedia article of the day for December 6, 2018 is Jean Baptiste Point du Sable. Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (before 1750 – 1818) is honored as the first permanent non-Native-American settler of what later became Chicago, Illinois. A school, museum, harbor, park, and […]