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WASHINGTON air max 97 nere uomo , April 10 (Xinhua) -- SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, carrying an experimental inflatable space habitat that might be crucial for future deep space explorations.


The spacecraft was successfully captured at 7:23 a.m. EDT (1123 GMT) by European astronaut Tim Peake, using the orbiting lab's robotic arm, with help from U.S. astronaut Jeff Williams, the U.S. space agency NASA said.


Another U.S. commercial cargo ship called Cygnus has been attached to the station since March 26. Two Russian Soyuz crew capsules and two Progress cargo ships are also docked at the moment. As a result nike air max 97 nere , "Dragon' s arrival marks the first time two commercial cargo vehicles have been docked simultaneously at the space station," NASA said.


"With the arrival of Dragon, the space station ties the record for most vehicles on station at one time -- six." said NASA.


The last time six vehicles were docked to the station was back in the space shuttle era, when Discovery visited in February 2011.


Among the almost 7,000 pounds (3 http://www.airmax97offerta.it/ ,200 kilograms) of items onboard Dragon is the 3,100-pound (1,400-kilogram) Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), a 17.8-million-U.S.-dollar project that will test the use of an inflatable space habitat in micro-gravity.


BEAM is expected to be filled with air to expand four and a half times its original volume at the end of May after being attached to the ISS.


During its two-year test mission, astronauts will enter the module for a few hours several times a year to retrieve sensor data and assess conditions.


BEAM measures 5.7 feet (1.7 meters) long and 7.75 feet (2.4 meters) when packed nike air max 97 offerta , and 12 feet (3.7 meters) long and 10.5 feet (3.2 meters) in diameter when expanded, with 565 cubic feet (16 cubic meters) of interior volume.


Inflatable habitats are designed to take up less room on a rocket, but provide greater volume for living and working in space once expanded, NASA said, noting that this test allows investigators to gauge how well the expandable habitat protects itself against solar radiation nike air max 97 saldi , space debris and contamination.


Science experiments onboard Dragon included those that will help investigators study muscle atrophy and bone loss in space, seek insight into the interactions of particle flows at the nano scale level and use protein crystal growth in micro-gravity to help design new drugs.


The spacecraft was launched Friday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, atop the California-based company's own Falcon 9 rocket, which made history by landing the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.


This was SpaceX's eighth cargo mission to the ISS. It also marked the first flight of Dragon to the ISS since last June nike air max 97 scontate , when the Falcon 9 rocket exploded about two minutes after liftoff.


Dragon will remain connected to the ISS until May 11, when it will depart for a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of California, bringing almost 3,500 pounds (1,600 kilograms) of science Scarpe Puma Rihanna Pelle Creepers Bianche , hardware and spacewalking tools back to Earth for further study.


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SpaceX resumes flight to ISS with inflatable space habitat


WASHINGTON, April 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. space firm SpaceX resumed its resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, carrying aboard an experimental inflatable space habitat that might be crucial for future deep space explorations.


The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft lifted off on the company's Falcon 9 rocket on time at 4:43 p.m. EDT (2043 GMT) on time from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.




SAN FRANCISCO， Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Two skydivers died in a tandem jump on Saturday in California after their parachute failed to deploy， authorities said.


The accident took place near Lodi， California， 138 km east of San Francisco. One of the skydivers killed in the tragedy was 18 years old and was jumping for the first time. Reports said his family were there watching when he hit the ground.


Bill Dause， owner of the Lodi Parachute Center， told reporters that the other victim was an instructor with an experience of 700 jumps.


Local police said their parachute did not open before they fatally hit the ground. Their bodies were found in a vineyard south of the center's landing area.


Dause said the parachute had failed to work properly but did not name possible causes for the deadly equipment malfunction.


"The only thing it looks like is something may have gone out of sequence，" Dause told Sacramento television station KCRA.


He said wind and other conditions were "perfect" when the duo made their jump， adding that other skydivers continued their jumps at the center after the incident.


The Federal Aviation Administration is conducting an investigation.

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by Xinhua writer Sudeshna Sarkar


BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- If anyone had told Bright Eric Ohene that a major part of his work as a heart surgeon would be picking up cigarette butts in China, the Ghanaian would have thought they were joking. But in the nearly one year that he has been living in Beijing Puma Rihanna Suede Creepers Grigie Argento , it has become part of his routine and he no longer thinks of it as work below the dignity of a doctor with a Ph.D.


The 35-year-old quotes his mentor, renowned cardiac surgeon Dr. Zhou Yu Jie, who is also CEO of Beijing Anzhen Hospital, where Ohene is interning, to explain the change in his mindset.


""Prof. Zhou told me Puma Rihanna Suede Creepers Nere , (if) you want to do something big, don't go for big things ... do something small in a big way.""


That started with picking up the butts people left in the hospital. ""The main idea is to see the distribution (of the butts),"" Ohene told Xinhua. ""Some patients have this habit, they can't stop smoking. So when they come (to us) they hide their smoking. We need to find the distribution. Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale Authentic Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Online Cheap Kids NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys NMD Mens Shoes For Sale