Going out with a bang!
May. 10th, 2010 08:04 pmThe last flight of the space shuttle Atlantis will have a special piece of cargo on it. Accompanying British astronaut Dr. Piers Sellers will be a piece of apple tree; the same apple tree that inspired Newton's theory of gravity! It will make the flight to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society.
from the Daily Telegraph by way of A Blog About History
from the Daily Telegraph by way of A Blog About History