#closecall

#closecall

How Close has an Astronaut Come to Floating Off Into Space?One of the more dramatic yet unsatisfying deaths in space movies is the one in which an astronaut is performing an extravehicular activity (EVA) or space walk and becomes untethered from the ship. They drift away, knowing there's no possibility of rescue. The audience has to imagine what the rest of that astronaut's life would be like, and it's horrifying. It's never happened in real life, but the possibility is there. About 200 astronauts have performed EVAs, and a couple of times there have been close calls. In 1973, two Americans had a close call while working on the Skylab space station. And two cosmonauts doing an EVA outside the Salyut 6 space station in 1977 came close to disaster. Read these stories of a nightmare almost coming true at Real Clear Science.#astronaut #cosmonaut #EVA #closecall

4-Year-Old Boy in Kentucky Survives 70 foot Fall From Cliff While Hiking With FamilyA four-year-old boy survived a 70-foot cliff fall at the Red River Gorge in eastern Kentucky. The boy and his parents were hiking near Princess Arch when he fell and hit multiple ledges before landing 70 feet below. The Wolfe County Search and Rescue Team (WCSART) said that the boy suffered a few scratches and bruises with no severe injuries. When they received the call about the incident, the father was already carrying his son to the nearest roadway, KY-715. Officials said that the boy was very talkative despite the close call. He was also interested in superheroes. People have a higher chance of survival from a 20-25 feet fall. Anything beyond that can be very deadly. This four-year-old boy only has scratches and bruises. He is very fortunate. That, or he probably has superpowers.All Images: Wolfe County Search & Rescue Team#Closecall #SuperHero #FallSurvivor

Meteorite Crashes Landed on a Woman's Bed while She Slept, Barely Missing Her HeadA meteorite crashes on the bedroom of a woman's home in Golden, B.C. Ruth Hamilton was sound asleep when the sound of her dog barking woke her up. She said in an interview that the next thing that happened was just a huge explosion and that debris was all over her face. As she rolled back the pillows where she was sleeping, a charcoal-grey chunk of rock, roughly the size of a melon, was found. After piercing into the roof, the meteorite that landed on the floral pillowcases was just inches away from Hamilton's head before getting up at the sound of the dog’s bark. That was a close call!Initially, the meteorite was suspected to be debris from a construction site on a nearby highway. After reporting the rock to a team of experts from the Western University in London, Ont., the meteorite was confirmed to come from space.All Images: Ruth Hamilton#Meteorite #CloseCall #Astronomy

Josh Neuman's Top Ten Longboarding Close CallsJosh Neuman is a longboarder, skating down mountains at terrifying speeds, avoiding cliffs, pebbles, road signs, walls, other longboarders, and the occasional motor vehicle. He hasn't killed himself yet, but in ten years he's had some close calls, which he recounts in this top-ten video. It contains NSFW language, and may cause vertigo or queasy stomach.