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Lake Cadibarrawirracanna
Lake Cadibarrawirracanna, informally known as Lake Cadi, is a salt lake located in the Australian state of South Australia in the locality of Anna Creek in the state's Far North region about north-west of the state capital of Adelaide. A South Australian government source describes the lake as having a length of , a width of and an area of . Lake Cadibarrawirracanna, meaning ''the stars were dancing'', is said to be the second longest official place name in Australia. In Arabana language, it is "Kardipirla warrakanha", where kardipirla is stars, warra- is dance, play, -ka is simple past tense, and -nha is a proper noun marker The lake is located within the boundaries of the Anna Creek Station pastoral lease and has public access established under the ''Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Act 1989'' via an access road connecting to the Coober Pedy to William Creek Road about to the south. The intersection with the access road is about from Coober Pedy in the west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Expedition 27
Expedition 27 was the 27th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), starting on 16 March 2011. Expedition 27 saw numerous notable events, including the undocking of the Progress M-09M and Kounotori 2 spacecraft, the arrival of the Soyuz TMA-21 and Progress M-10M spacecraft, and the final rendezvous with the ISS of NASA's Space Shuttle ''Endeavour, on its last mission, STS-134. The expedition ended on 23 May 2011 with the departure of the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft, although command of the station was ceremonially handed over to the crew of Expedition 28 on 22 May. Crew ;Source: NASA Mission highlights Kounotori 2 undocking After an extended two-month stay, Kounotori 2 was detached from the nadir docking port of the ''Harmony'' module by the Canadarm 2 robotic arm at 15:29 UTC on 28 March 2011, and released at 15:46 UTC. Launched in January 2011 to resupply the ISS, Kounotori 2 (also known as HTV-2) was the second Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |