All posts tagged: drowned

Pope casts flowers in sea in tribute to drowned migrants during Canary Islands visit

Pope casts flowers in sea in tribute to drowned migrants during Canary Islands visit

Published by Sam Flores

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday condemned “indifference” towards migrants during a visit to Spain’s Canary Islands that symbolised the perils of deadly irregular routes to Europe. The pontiff cast a bouquet of flowers into the sea in tribute to the thousands who have died trying to reach the Atlantic archipelago, on day six of a trip to Spain that has repeatedly highlighted the plight of migrants. Leo visited the port of Arguineguin on Gran Canaria island, where he met migrants and those who help them before blessing a cross made from the wood of migrant boats. “Even today, monsters lurk in these seas: mafias that profit from despair, traffickers who enslave women and children, and those whose indifference allows the poor to be swallowed up by exploitation or forgetfulness,” Leo told a ceremony at the port. Migrants face a dangerous Atlantic crossing to reach the Canary Islands. © AFP (Stringer) Nearly 1,200 people died or went missing on the route from Africa to the Canary Islands last year, according to the International Organization for Migration, …

Astronaut who nearly drowned in space selected for Artemis III crew

Astronaut who nearly drowned in space selected for Artemis III crew

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. Today, NASA announced the four Artemis III astronauts and one backup crew member for the 2027 test flight. NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik will serve as the commander, alongside mission specialists Andre Douglas and Frank Rubio (also with NASA). European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano will serve as the mission’s pilot.  Parmitano was selected to the ESA astronaut corps in May 2009 and is also a colonel and test pilot for the Italian Air Force. He is the first ESA astronaut assigned to an Artemis mission and immediately pointed to his family as motivation.  “I am honored by the role that I have been given,” Parmitano said during the press conference. “The rocket figuratively and literally is NASA. I am grateful that NASA is …

Russian and Kyrgyz Scientists Explore a Drowned Medieval City

Russian and Kyrgyz Scientists Explore a Drowned Medieval City

Published by Jenni Sidey

Russian and Kyrgyz scientists are exploring the ruins of the medieval trading center of Turu-Aygyr, submerged in the waters of Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan for centuries. Their findings were first reported by the Russian Geographical Society (RGS) last November, when it launched a joint archeological mission with the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic to study the drowned city. An important stop on the Silk Road between China and the West, which flourished between the 1st century BCE and the 14th to 15th centuries CE, Turu-Aygyr was destroyed by an earthquake at the beginning of the 15th century and subsequently disappeared under the lake’s surface. According to researcher Valery Kolchenko, head of the Kyrgyz contingent, while the city may have already been abandoned by then, the region’s population changed drastically following the earthquake, with medieval settlers being replaced by nomads. Related Articles From the 10th to the 13th centuries, the Issyk-Kul Lake area was under the control of the Karakhanids, a Turkic dynasty, …

Mother of drowned sisters died in Birmingham lake in tragic family revelation

Mother of drowned sisters died in Birmingham lake in tragic family revelation

Published by Sam Flores

The mother of three sisters who died in the sea also died by drowning in Birmingham, it has been reported. Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, all from west London, went into the sea in Brighton in the early hours of May 13. Devastated relatives said they might have been traveling to the coast to pay tribute to their mum Janice Adetoro who drowned in Brookvale Park, Erdington, in 2010. READ MORE: I visited what’s left of Newtown Wellbeing Centre – the people there have one demand Janice, 43, suffered from stress-related mental health issues and vanished from her home in Linton Walk, Erdington, in the early hours of January 5. Her worried brother Lincoln Walters and mum, Cynthia Smith-Walters, made a public appeal for help but her body was later pulled from the ornamental lake. Ensure our latest headlines always appear at the top of your Google Search by making us a Preferred Source. Click here to activate or add us as your Preferred Source in your Google search settings. …

I almost drowned in space when my helmet filled with water

I almost drowned in space when my helmet filled with water

Published by skeptic

Luca Parmitano during a spacewalk on 9 July 2013 ESA/NASA When the water reached my face, it spread over my nose and up into my nostrils in an instant. I was almost blinded, I couldn’t hear anything and I couldn’t breathe through my nose. I already knew I needed to reach the airlock and get back inside the International Space Station. The key question: how long did I have before the water reached my mouth and I couldn’t breathe at all? When you go on a spacewalk, you enter a new world. It’s an incredibly privileged perspective. Inside the ISS and looking through the windows of the cupola, you’re still inhabiting the safe world of the space station. It’s like staring into a large and really beautiful aquarium. But when I leave the ISS for a spacewalk, I am immersed in the void. I’m in an environment that doesn’t need me. If I wasn’t inside my spacesuit, I would be dead within minutes. The infinite horizon of stars and blackness is so vivid. On one …