Today in Space and Science History: May 12

May 12 1803 – German scientist Justus von Liebig born https://amzn.to/3fc0WOz
May 12 1880 – American explorer Lincoln Ellsworth born https://amzn.to/3bonn1T
May 12 1886 – German Zeppelin captain Ernst A. Lehmann born https://amzn.to/3hq21ov
May 12 1895 – American chemist William Giauque born https://amzn.to/3obA8BX
May 12 1902 – John Bruce Medaris born https://amzn.to/33ArkMw
May 12 1910 – British chemist Dorothy Hodgkin born https://amzn.to/3faIXYJ
May 12 1916 – Bernhard Hohmann born
May 12 1922 – Abram Moiseyevich Genin born
May 12 1924 – Russian mathematician Alexander Esenin-Volpin born
May 12 1950 – Last flight of the XS-1
May 12 1965 – Soviet spacecraft Luna-5 crashes on the moon https://amzn.to/33COmSV
May 12 1967 – French mathematician Mireille Bousquet-Mélou born
May 12 1977 – Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani born https://amzn.to/3vX1zlN
May 12 2000 – Final spacewalk at Mir space station https://amzn.to/3hmeObq

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