Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, STS 41-B mission specialist, participates in the first use of a nitrogen-propelled, hand-controlled device called the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), which allows for much greater mobility than that afforded previous spacewalkers who had to use restrictive tethers. He is pictured a few meters away from the cabin of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger. Credits: NASA
By World News Report Bureau
On June 3, 1965, NASA astronaut Ed White became the first American to walk in space. To celebrate the even NASA is premiering a documentary narrated by actor Jon Cryer on the history and future of humans working on a tether in space. The film, Suit Up, marks five decades of spacewalks.
The documentary features interviews with NASA Administrator and astronaut, Charles Bolden, NASA Deputy Administrator and spacesuit designer, Dava Newman, as well as other astronauts, engineers, technicians, managers and luminaries of spacewalk history. They share their personal stories that cover the full EVA experience– from spacesuit manufacturing to spacewalk maneuvering — all brought to life through historical and HD footage.
Visitors to NASA.gov’s Suit Up site can view special features and videos spanning NASA’s 50 years of spacewalks and spacesuits.
From 7:15 to 9:15 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 2, NASA astronaut and veteran spacewalker Mike Foreman is available to discuss with media the dramatic history and exciting future of spacewalking. The public can watch Foreman live from the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston where astronauts do EVA training. Foreman will talk about the first U.S. spacewalk and answer media questions about the past 50 years of spacewalks through the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Space Shuttle and International Space Station programs.
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Wagah Border between India and Pakistan
China and Russia share common border with as many as 14 countries. China: Afghanistan (76 km); Bhutan (470 km); India (3,380 km); Kazakhstan (1,533 km); North Korea (1,416 km); Kyrgyzstan (858 km); Laos (423 km); Mongolia (4,673 km); Myanmar (2,185 km); Nepal (1,236 km); Pakistan (523 km); Russia (3,645 km); Tajikistan (414 km); and Vietnam (1,281 km).
Russia: Azerbaijan (284 km); Belarus (959 km); China (3,645 km); Estonia (294 km); Finland (1,313 km); Georgia (723 km); Kazakhstan (6,846 km); North Korea (19 km); Latvia (217 km); Lithuania (227 km); Mongolia (3,441 km); Norway (167 km); Poland (206 km); and Ukraine (1,576 km).
Next, Brazil shares borders with ten countries while Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo have nine.
On the other hand Sri Lanka shares only has maritime borders with the Maldives and India while Denmark has borders with Sweden and Norway by sea; Canada has sea boundaries with Denmark and France
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