Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Ray Bradbury: A Few Assorted Facts

Bradbury Landing
  • In 2012, the NASA Curiosity rover landing site on the planet Mars was named "Bradbury Landing".
  • In 1971, an impact crater on Earth's moon was named "Dandelion Crater" by the Apollo 15 astronauts, in honor of Bradbury's novel Dandelion Wine.
  • An asteroid discovered in 1992 was named "9766 Bradbury" in his honor.

1 comment:

  1. What? Ray Harryhausen? How did that happen?

    I just got Jason and the Argonauts out of the library for Doyle and his cousin to watch.

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