Title: Re: Space shuttle Endeavour launch ~1:20am
Post by Kevin_M on Mar 11th, 2008, 6:30am
I was wondering about the English spelling of Endeavour. Named after Captain Cook's ship.
Quote:| Endeavour was named through a national competition involving students in elementary and secondary schools. Tallulah Falls School in Tallulah Falls, Georgia, was the winner of the secondary school competition. The orbiter is named after HM Bark Endeavour, the ship commanded by 18th century explorer James Cook; the name also honored Endeavour, the Command Module of Apollo 15. This is why the name is spelled in the British English manner, rather than the American English spelling of "Endeavor." This has caused confusion, most notably when NASA themselves misspelled a sign on the launch pad in 2007. |
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A fellow classmate of my graduating class became an astronaut. Heck of an education and experience. Inspired by watching the '69 Moon landing and never looked back.
Quote:Jerry Michael Linenger,
Born January 16, 1955, and raised in Eastpointe, Michigan, Linenger graduated from East Detroit High School, Eastpointe, Michigan, in 1973.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree in bioscience from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1977, a doctorate in medicine from Wayne State University in 1981, a Master of Science degree in systems management from University of Southern California in 1988, a Master of Public Health degree in health policy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1989 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in epidemiology from the University of North Carolina in 1989.
He also trained as chief scientist to conduct the entire U.S. science program, consisting of over one-hundred planned experiments in various disciplines.
Linenger launched aboard U.S. Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-81) on January 12, 1997, remained onboard the space station with two Russian cosmonauts upon undocking of the Shuttle, and eventually returned upon a different mission of Atlantis (STS-84) on May 24, 1997-spending a total of 132 days, 4 hours, 1 minute in space-the longest duration flight of an American male at that time.
While living aboard the space station,[MIR] Linenger and his two Russian crewmembers faced numerous difficulties-the most severe fire ever aboard an orbiting spacecraft, failures of onboard systems (oxygen generator, carbon dioxide scrubbing, cooling line loop leaks, communication antenna tracking ability, urine collection and processing facility), a near collision with a resupply cargo ship during a manual docking system test, loss of station electrical power, and loss of attitude control resulting in a slow, uncontrolled "tumble" through space. In spite of these challenges and added demands on their time (in order to carry out the repair work), they still accomplished all mission goals-spacewalk, flyaround, and one-hundred percent of the planned U.S. science experiments.
In completing the nearly five month mission, Linenger logged approximately 50 million miles (the equivalent of over 110 roundtrips to the Moon and back), more than 2000 orbits around the Earth, and traveled at an average speed of 18,000 miles per hour.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_M._Linenger |
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