Mark Shuttleworth

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Mark Shuttleworth

• The First South African in Space

Pic courtesy First African In Space site
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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

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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 24th April on a
  Russian Soyuz spacecraft

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Thursday, April 24

• Mark blasted off from the Gagarin space station
  near Baikonir, Kazakstan this morning at 1226
  Kazakhstan time (0826 South African time).
• Yuri Gidzenko and Robert Vittori are the two
  professional cosmonauts on the trip.
• The launch went off without incident

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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 KazakstanPic courtesy of MWeb
site
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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
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Saturday April 27 Day 3

• The Soyuz and the ISS docked successfully between
  07.57 and GMT 09.20 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
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Sunday April 28 Day 4

• Mark has begun his experiments
• Embryo and stem cell growth in zero gravity with
  Dr Barry of Stellenbosch
• Effect of weightlessness on the body with Karen
  Sharwood of UCT
• Free living energy expenditure with Lara Keytel
  of UCT
• Photographs of various earth locations

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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
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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 spaceWith permission FAIS
site