Sunita Williams From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Sunita Williams NASA Astronaut Nationality American Status Retired Born September 19‚ 1965 (age 48) Euclid‚ Ohio‚ U.S. Other occupation Test pilot Rank Captain‚ USN Time in space 321 days 17 hours 15 minutes Selection 1998 NASA Group Total EVAs 7 Total EVA time 50 hours and 40 minutes Missions STS-116‚ Expedition 14‚ Expedition 15‚ STS-117‚ Soyuz TMA-05M‚Expedition 32‚ Expedition 33 Mission insignia Sunita Lyn "Suni" Williams née Pandya [1] (born
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cars are a major part of the fleet of Zero-Emission Vehicles. The fuel cells are fueled with pure hydrogen and hence they are considered to be zero emission vehicles. Fuel cells have been used on spacecraft for many years to power electric equipment. These are fueled with liquid hydrogen from the spacecraft ’s rocket fuel tanks. Basic Mechanics Fuel cell vehicles turn hydrogen fuel and oxygen into electricity. The electricity then powers an electric motor‚ just like electricity from batteries powers
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Alec Powers February 24‚ 2013 Mrs. Sims English 9 Rough Draft On November 13‚ 1986‚ America saw the one of the most disappointing allegations since the Watergate scandal was released. Two secret government operations‚ which broke U.S. law‚ were revealed to the public. These two operations were being run by the NSC (National Security Council). In one of the operations‚ the NSC broke the policy of not trading arms with Iran. The NSC sold arms to Iran for U.S. hostages in return. Iran had
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similar program because they’ll be interested in space and want to discover more about it. The argument “The Real Reasons We Explore Space” made by Michael Griffin quotes‚ “Burt Rutan and his backer‚ Paul Allen‚ certainly didn’t develop a private spacecraft to win the Ansari X-Prize for the $10 million in prize money. They spent twice as much as they made.”(lines 23-26). This quote shows that people do explorations‚ not because of prizes and glory‚ but because they get the opportunity to explore something
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in-depth evidence that I have talked about shows that the Wright brothers first flight was progress. The reason why this relates to progress is because its advancement from a simple airplane to better ones to more developed airplanes to eventually spacecraft and for me that’s all good so it relates to progress because it is
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Cebu Institute of Technology – University Cebu City‚ Philippines Science Fiction: Space Technology By: Kendrick A. Mendiola A Research Paper in English presented to: Mrs. Raniza R. Romero February 7‚ 2008 Science Fiction: Space Technology Many ancient people‚ including the Aztecs‚ Egyptians‚ and the builders of Stonehenge‚ were interested in astronomy. Their writings and architecture indicate they studied the moon’s phases and movement. They related the position and the perceived
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Most of the people think that science is boring and hard. I admit that before‚ I also thought that science is a something that I would not love because of what I hear from other people. But then‚ I realized that science is very important in different fields of life. Now‚ I can’t even imagine life without science. August 31‚ 2013 is a day that I would really remember. That day‚ we had a science activity held at our school‚ City of Mandaluyong Science High School which is called Skymobile. Me and
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experiment would focus on the functionality in the daily lives of the astronauts as well as other opportunities to implement the device in conjunction with the LEMUR‚ the Limbed Excursion Mechanical Utility Robot to operate in reparations to the spacecraft. Additional equipment would be needed to support the LEMUR‚ but no further equipment would be needed as the gecko grippers would arrive fully functional and reusable. The addition of the gecko gripper‚ although different at first‚ should not majorly
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worldwide. Soviet dissident and author Alexander Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize for literature. U.S. forces in Vietnam reduced to below 400‚000 troops. The Apollo 13 space mission was launched from Cape Kennedy and the Russian unmanned spacecrafts Luna 16 and Luna 17 land on the Moon. Salvatore Allende‚ the first elected Marxist leader in the Americas‚ is voted in President of Chile. 1971 U.S. planes bomb Vietcong Supply routes in Cambodia‚ spreading the war beyond Vietnam. Dictator
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SPACE TRAVEL 1. Only three nations have successfully put people into space: the US‚ Russia and China. All have been government programmes‚ developed at great expense. Now‚ a new era is beginning in which private enterprise will take people 100km or more above the Earth. _________________ 2. In 2001‚ an American‚ Christ Tito‚ became the first space tourist. He travelled to the International Space Station by Rocket and stayed there for ten days. A year later South African Millionaire
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