May 14, or Freelancer and The first American Orbital Station
Zodiac Sign Taurus
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Taurus, May 14. People born on on this day know how to easily and quickly recognize the possibilities of both the present and the future. They are highly modern in terms of their worldview, they are able to predict what the world will be like even in two hundred years, and at the same time they are actively and energetically living and working in the present day.
Some of them demonstrate a lack of any interest in the past and even view tradition as an unnecessary collection of bad habits.
It is not surprising that those born on May 14 boldly abandon tradition and desperately embark on experiments in the field of their professional activities.
They are much more confident in their own ideas and plans than in those projects that are described in textbooks and books - if, of course, they have read them themselves.
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Taurus men born on May 14:
- possess the following properties:
- gallantry,
- stability,
- determination.
- Taurus are not idealistic, preferring to analyze and choose a woman who is comfortable for themselves for life.
- They prefer an equal relationship, and once married, they rarely get divorced.
Taurus women born on May 14:
- endowed with such qualities:
- tenderness,
- dependence,
- as well as determination.
- Taurus is one of the most beautiful women in the zodiacal constellation, characterized by powerful sexual energy and a desire to be the center of attention.
- Often they become the soul of the company, while not claiming to be unconditional leadership.
Main event
The first American orbital station was put into orbit
May 14, 1973
On May 14, 1973, the first American orbital station Skylab was launched into space orbit. There were no astronauts on board. First we should make sure that their stay in space will be safe.
Skylab created on the basis of the third stage of the rocket "Saturn-5". In a fuel tank with a diameter of about 7 meters, the living and working premises were equipped, the oxidizer tank was converted into a waste container. Combined with the station, the berthing structure and the lock chamber increased its weight to 77 tons and a length of up to 25 meters.
In orbit, Skylab was to open two solar panel panels in a sweep of about 30 meters. But on the way to space during the ascent one solar cell panel came off, and the second one did not open, in addition, the antimeteorite screen was torn off. Skylab was left without electricity and without thermal control, and its operation was practically impossible.
To resolve the situation it was decided to deliver to the station a replacement screen - a kind of "umbrella", a cloth stretched over four spreading spokes. "Umbrella" was made in the shortest time and on May 25 went to the station along with the first expedition.
In total, the station visited three expeditions. Their main task was to study human adaptation to the conditions of weightlessness and conduct scientific experiments.
The first expedition (Charles Conrad, Paul Whitec, Joseph Kerwin) lasted 28 days (from May 25 to June 22, 1973) and was not so much scientific as repairing. In the course of several spacewalks, astronauts uncovered the jammed solar battery and restored the thermoregulation of the station.
The second expedition consisting of Alan Bin, Jack Lausma and Owen Garriott went to the station on July 28, 1973 and spent 59 days in orbit.
The third (and last) expedition began on November 16, 1973 and lasted 84 days. The astronauts carried out a large volume of scientific and technological experiments, including on the behavior of materials in micro-gravity, astrophysics, solar physics, earth resources research and space technology.
Astronomical observations made it possible to double the amount of information on the physics of the Sun and led to the discovery of several unknown physical processes in the solar corona. Data on human adaptation to conditions of weightlessness served as a starting point for space medicine for more than ten years.
The station itself was subsequently withdrawn from orbit and collapsed in the atmosphere on July 11, 1979.
With the advent of the Internet, a large number of employees have the opportunity to go to "free bread".
If at first the earnings on the Internet were considered to be a business for teenagers who want to earn extra money, today adults - professionals in their field - proudly say that freelancing is a lifestyle.
According to estimates of the international site for freelancers Elance, first three places in the world in terms of income took by the United States, Pakistan and India.
1969 - Cate Blanchett, Australian-American actress (“Elizabeth”, “the Talented Mr. Ripley”, “Lord of the Rings”) was born.
1984 - Mark Zuckerberg was born, founder and CEO of the social network Facebook.
2009 - ''The Herschel'' telescope, named after the British astronomer William Herschel, was launched into orbit.
Holidays
Freelancer Day
With the advent of the Internet, a large number of employees have the opportunity to go to "free bread".
If at first the earnings on the Internet were considered to be a business for teenagers who want to earn extra money, today adults - professionals in their field - proudly say that freelancing is a lifestyle.
According to estimates of the international site for freelancers Elance, first three places in the world in terms of income took by the United States, Pakistan and India.
And for those freelancers who are bored of spending time in the four walls of their own home, there is an excellent alternative - co-working. Coworking is a collaboration between freelancers in the same office, sharing the rent and other costs.
An interesting point: the term freelancer was first used by Walter Scott in the novel “Ivanhoe” to describe the “medieval mercenary warrior”.
Also on May 14...
1796 - English surgeon Edward Jenner made a successful smallpox vaccine on eight-year-old James Phipps.
1853 - in the United States patented condensed milk.
1856 - Charles Darwin embarked on a cunning plan to turn the human past into a monkey, starting work on ''The Origin of Species''.
1862 - Swiss watchmaker Adolf Nicole invented the chronograph.
1878 - the name "Vaseline" was patented as a trademark.
1899 - Lars Fredrik Nilsson died, a Swedish chemist who discovered the chemical element of scandium in 1879, whose atomic weight and properties corresponded to the predicted in 1870 by Mendeleev.
1900 - The II Olympic Games opened in Paris. Women took part in them for the first time. The first champion was the Englishwoman Charlotte Cooper.
1908 - Wilbur Wright took on board the world's first airplane passenger, Charles W. Fairnas, and flew 600 meters, which lasted 28.6 seconds.
1944 - George Lucas, American film director, producer and screenwriter, was born. When, in 1977, George Lucas made a movie for 10 million, then simply called ''Star Wars'', the producers of the ''XX Century Fox studio'' considered whether to turn it into a television series: it was too unlikely that the viewer would go to the film with a half-kids story and without movie stars. However, after the release of the ''Star Wars'' screen, they broke all records, turning into the highest-grossing movie of all times for several years. And even led to the emergence of a new religion - Jediism.
1948 - the proclamation of the independence of the state of Israel.
1954 - The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict was adopted by the UN member states.
1961 - Tim Roth was born, an English and slightly American actor, as evidenced by the impressive list of directors he had seen. His first major role was the participation in the television film "Made in England". He then played with Mike Lee, Stephen Frears, Peter Greenaway, Tom Stoppard, Quentin Tarantino.
1969 - Cate Blanchett, Australian-American actress (“Elizabeth”, “the Talented Mr. Ripley”, “Lord of the Rings”) was born.
1984 - Mark Zuckerberg was born, founder and CEO of the social network Facebook.
2009 - ''The Herschel'' telescope, named after the British astronomer William Herschel, was launched into orbit.
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