THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in a cradle forever.”
― Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

BIRTHDAYS:

1098 Hildegard of Bingen, German Benedictine abbess and polymath, active during the High Middle Ages as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and as a medical writer and practitioner of the Catholic Church. De Spiritu Sancto, and O Fire Of The Holy Spirit, and O Frondens Virga

1577 — Pietro Tacca, sculptor

MISCELLANEOUS:

THIS IS EXCITING. SpaceX’s next Starship launch will lift off on Sept. 22 and aim to reach orbit for 1st time