Grade 7 Group 4 - April 2002 Mark Shuttleworth The First South African in Space Pic courtesy First African In Space site
Grade 7 Group 4 - April 2002 Who is Mark Shuttleworth Mark is a South African who designed a secure system of transferring money via internet. He sold his invention and became a billionaire He is only 26 He has always wanted to go into space
Grade 7 Group 4 - April 2002 His work in space Mark is called a space tourist, but this is not strictly correct He will be carrying out scientific research while on the International Space Station He will blast off on Thursday 24 th April on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft
Grade 7 Group 4 - April 2002 Thursday, April 24 Mark blasted off from the Gagarin space station near Baikonir, Kazakstan this morning at 12:26 Kazakhstan time (08:26 South African time). Yuri Gidzenko and Robert Vittori are the two professional cosmonauts on the trip. The launch went off without incident
Grade 7 Group 4 - April 2002 Thursday, 25 April 2002 The cosmonauts will carry out general checks and maintenance while they find their space feet On Saturday they will dock with the ISS and transfer to it The launch from Kazakstan Pic courtesy of MWeb site
Grade 7 Group 4 - April 2002 Friday 26 April – Day 2 The cosmonauts are busy finalising their arrangements for docking with the ISS tomorrow Mark is adjusting well to weightlessness The Soyuz cockpit – pic courtesy of FAIS site
Grade 7 Group 4 - April 2002 Saturday April 27 – Day 3 The Soyuz and the ISS docked successfully between and GMT GMT Mark and his fellows joined with Commander Yury Onufrienko and Flight Engineers Carl Walz and Dan Bursch A picture of the ISS – courtesy FAIS site
Grade 7 Group 4 - April 2002 Sunday April 28 – Day 4 Mark has begun his experiments Embryo and stem cell growth in zero gravity with Dr Barry of StellenboschEmbryo and stem cell growth in zero gravity with Dr Barry of Stellenbosch Effect of weightlessness on the body with Karen Sharwood of UCTEffect of weightlessness on the body with Karen Sharwood of UCT Free living energy expenditure with Lara Keytel of UCTFree living energy expenditure with Lara Keytel of UCT Photographs of various earth locationsPhotographs of various earth locations
Grade 7 Group 4 - April 2002 Monday April 29 – Day 5 Mark spoke to pupils via ham radio, answering questions about life on the ISS The ISS passed over East London at 19h20, but it was too overcast for us to see him A picture of Mark courtesy FAIS site
Grade 7 Group 4 - April 2002 Tuesday April 30 – Day 6 Marks experiments are progressing well He is taking off an hour a day to enjoy the view of Earth He is exercising daily as part of his research for UCT The launch and Mark in space With permission FAIS site