Who- Astronaut Sunita Williams.
What- Due to the postponing of the flight of the shuttle Atlantis (As mentioned in another article posted on this blog)is stuck in her space shuttle due to the damage to her shuttle home, but now also must wait for about 7 more weeks for the replacement shuttle Endeavour to arrive. Even her replacement ship might have some trouble getting of the ground and might not be ready for its original June 28th launch. But in other news she is expected to break the U.S record for most days spent in space, the current record to be set on April 20th by her crew member Michael Lopez-Alegria of 214 days. The world record is 437 days set by Russian astronaut Valeri Polyakov.
When- March 28-Late Summer.
Where-The Space Shuttle orbiting earth.
Why-Damage to Atlantis’ fuel tank has temporarily disrupted the NASA’s flight schedule
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/03/08/stuck.in.space.ap/index.html
Opinion-I honestly feel bad for this astronaut, after all her ticket home was damaged and the renewed way out might not even be there on time. Personally I’d hate to be in space for 7 extra weeks when you’re locked up in a small space, I’d be homesick the next day too.
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