...in the Real World
iWORLD
Going International
We✸can✸learn✸so✸much✸about✸the✸world's✸
geography,✸ecosystems✸and✸environment✸
through✸detailed✸photos✸taken✸from✸space.✸
London,✸photographed✸using✸the✸ETM+✸(see✸
Cool✸Weblinks),✸clearly✸reveals✸details✸about✸
plant✸types✸and✸how✸the✸landscape✸is✸changing.✸
This✸stunning✸shot✸of✸Italy,✸Sicily✸and✸Malta✸at✸
night✸is✸amazing✸geographically✸and✸teaches✸us✸
about✸energy✸use✸and✸the✸environment.✸
These✸special✸photos✸contribute✸to✸15✸
areas✸where✸International✸Space✸Station✸
development✸and✸onboard✸research✸are✸
intended✸to✸benefit✸the✸whole✸world.✸For✸
example;✸supporting✸observations✸of✸Earth✸
and✸natural✸disasters;✸monitoring✸water✸quality✸
(even✸oceans)✸using✸data✸from✸a✸Hyperspectral✸
Imager;✸sharing✸findings✸on✸air✸quality✸and✸
crops;✸and✸NASA's✸water-purification-,✸vaccine-✸
and✸remote✸ultrasound✸technology.✸
The dramatic coastline of Italy at night.
Image: NASA
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Tim Peake graduated from Sandhurst in England, flew Apache
helicopters for the US Army and undertook Astronaut training in
Germany. Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren was born in Taiwan and
settled in America but spent most of his childhood in England.
People have always emigrated to different lands in search of
opportunities. -Email us the conversations you would have with
these two during the months 'abroad' on the Space Station!
• ACTIVITY MIX
• PHOTO QUIZ
• COOL WEBLINKS
Chinese New Year
falls on February 8t
h in 2016 and
under the Chinese
zodiac it will be the
Year of the Monkey
.
For 2,000 years, lou
d sounds have been
made
immediately the ye
ar starts, which pe
ople used to do
by throwing bambo
o onto a fire. It was
thought this
-and decorating in
red- would scare aw
ay
a monster
called “Nian”.
It is widely agreed
the Chinese invented
gunpowder
way back in the Ta
ng Dynasty (9th ce
ntury). One
of the "Four Great
Inventions" of China