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What a woman's daily life is like in space

Russian cosmonaut Elena Serova said what impressed her most in her space expedition, what a woman's daily life is like in space and what she missed most during her 167 days in orbit. Just 35 years ago, Svetlana Savítskaya was the first woman to carry out a spacewalk.  Although she was only eight years old at the time,  Elena Serova  already knew that her life would also be somehow linked to space.  However, I did not imagine that I would become a cosmonaut. NASA claims that it has arranged it’s first all-female spacewalk © SPUTNIK. The heroic Soviet woman who went into space for the first time "If I am sincere, I did not suspect that one day I would be a cosmonaut. But already at that time, I perceived, perhaps intuitively, that my life would be linked to space. (...) Only later did I know that I could enroll in the cosmonaut brigade, that that was something possible and that I could try. I did not dream in childhood that I would be a cosmonaut,...

Extreme heat covered Philadelphia over the weekend

The extreme heat that reached the Philadelphia region over the weekend was very dangerous and affected the daily activities of citizens who took precautionary measures to avoid fatal consequences. The National Meteorological Service has also issued an excessive heat warning for all neighborhoods in Philadelphia, New York, Delaware, and New Jersey. Health authorities recommended that people stay in cool places and be aware of pets and adults. The high-temperature forecast for Friday was 97 degrees, the forecast for Saturday 101 and the forecast for Sunday 100, but it felt 115 degrees. The last time 100 degrees were seen in Philadelphia was in 2012. There were two days when temperatures reached 100 degrees that year and also in 2011. The weekend will be the most dangerous moment due to the cumulative heat effect. It is suggested to stay in places with air conditioning or a fan with an open windows, be aware of the elderly, take special c...