Fwd: [New post] “Fifteen Midnights”: Celebrating the New Year in Space---better get shuttle fixed!!!!

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Date: December 29, 2012 5:02:32 AM GMT-06:00
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Subject: [New post] "Fifteen Midnights": Celebrating the New Year in Space

Ben Evans posted: "[caption id="attachment_28946" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Bill Shepherd (center) and his Expedition 1 crewmates Yuri Gidzenko (left) and Sergei Krikalev juggle oranges during their time aboard the International Space Station. They celebrated both Ch" New post on AmericaSpace "Fifteen Midnights": Celebrating the New Year in Space by Ben Evans With a naval officer in command of the International Space Station, it might have seemed obvious that New Year's Day 2001 would carry a corresponding nautical tradition. Astronaut Bill Shepherd and his Russian crewmates Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko rang in the start of what would turn out to be one of the United States' [...] Read more of this post Ben Evans | December 29, 2012 at 6:00 am | Tags: Aleksandr Kaleri, Aleksandr Serebrov, Aleksandr Viktorenko, Anatoli Ivanishin, Anatoli Solovyov, Andre Kuipers, Anton Shkaplerov, Astronaut, Bill McArthur, Bill Pogue, Bill Shepherd, Carl Walz, Catherine 'Cady' Coleman, Chris Hadfield, Comet Kohoutek, Dan Burbank, Dan Bursch, Dan Tani, Dave Wolf, Dmitri Kondratiev, Don Pettit, Ed Gibson, Expedition 1, Expedition 10, Expedition 12, Expedition 14, Expedition 16, Expedition 18, Expedition 22, Expedition 4, Expedition 6, Expedition 8, Exploration, Explore, Gennadi Padalka, Georgi Grechko, Gerry Carr, Human Space Flight, International Space Station, ISS, Jeff Williams, John Blaha, Ken Bowersox, Kevin Ford, Leroy Chiao, Max Surayev, Mike Fincke, Mike Foale, Mike Lopez-Alegria, Mikhail Tyurin, Mir, Musa Manarov, NASA, Nikolai Budarin, Oleg Kononenko, Oleg Kotov, Oleg Novitsky, Oleg Skripochka, Paolo Nespoli, Pavel Vinogradov, Peggy Whitson, rocket, Rockets, Roman Romanenko, Salizhan Sharipov, Salyut 6, Sandy Magnus, Scott Kelly, Sergei Avdeyev, Sergei Krikalev, Shuttle, Skylab 4, Soichi Noguchi, Space, space exploration, space shuttle, Suni Williams, Thomas Reiter, Timothy 'T.J.' Creamer, Tom Marshburn, Valeri Korzun, Valeri Polyakov, Valeri Tokarev, Vasili Tsibliyev, Viktor Afanasyev, Vladimir Titov, Yelena Kondakova, Yevgeni Tarelkin, Yuri Gidzenko, Yuri Lonchakov, Yuri Malenchenko, Yuri Onufrienko, Yuri Romanenko | Categories: Ben Evans, International Space Station, Mir | URL: http://wp.me/p1YCNG-7wI Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.americaspace.org/?p=28936