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As of August 2012, Sunita Williams had made seven spacewalks totaling 50 hours and 40 minutes, [37] at the time putting Williams fifth on the list of most experienced spacewalkers. [38] On August 30, 2012, Williams and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide ventured outside the ISS to conduct US EVA-18. They removed and replaced the failing Main Bus ...
The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [ 1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants. Texas was originally divided into ...
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Texas. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Texas. The list of names should be complete as of July ...
Sunita Williams, an Indian American NASA astronaut aboard the Boeing Starliner on Wednesday morning, has been known to bring items representing her culture with her to space.
As of 2024, Four people of Indian origin have been in space. The first astronaut of the Indian nationality, in space was Rakesh Sharma on Soyuz T-11 in 1984. [ 1][ 2] Three astronauts – Kalpana Chawla, [ 3][ 4] Sunita Williams [ 5] and Raja Chari [ 6][ 7] – flew as NASA astronauts. Sirisha Bandla is the first and only Indian-born woman to ...
There is a notable population of American Muslims in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.Dallas-Fort Worth is home to sixty-two Sunni mosques and five Shia mosques. [1] [2] According to Abdel Rahman Murphy, a Chicago-born, Irving-based Islamic teacher and Muslim community leader, other U.S.-based Muslims now refer to Dallas as the "Medina of America". [3]
The Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) area has one of the largest Indian American populations in the United States, comprising over 235,000 individuals, or roughly 3% of the metro area's total population. [2] First settling in the area as doctors, engineers, and skilled professionals in the medical field, the community has expanded to include ...
The Lone Star Flag [ 1] June 30, 1839. National seal. Seal of the Republic of Texas. January 25, 1839. State seal. Seal of Texas. December 29, 1845. Reverse of the seal.