On May 12, the international students got a unique opportunity to have Ms. Marsha S. Ivins, former NASA Astronaut presenting them a lecture theming on “Pictorial History of Humanflight” basing on her personal experience in space shuttle.

160 pictures were shown to the students. There were space shuttle and space station, pictures of the earth and the galaxy taken from the space station, also life of the astronauts in the shuttle, which part were so big fun that shows everyone the life without gravity in the shuttle. You are still gonna manage you daily stuff, but so out of the ordinary way. Ms. Ivins introduced eating, sleeping, showering, shaving, even using the toilet in the shuttle, which was so high technology, like astronauts joking: you are acturally drinking today’s coffee for tomorrow’s coffee, because your “liquid stuff” will be transformed to fresh water through a filter and being used as drinking water again. How do you think about that?

Students asking signature from Ms. Ivins after the lecture

Besides, Ms. Ivins introduced the fruits of human exploration into the universe, includng human’s touch with the Moon and Mars. With her vivid introduction, she led everyone into a life in the space, which was such a fantastic experience that no one will ever foget about. After the lecture, she also answered the students’ wonder to the universe. She encouraged all the fellows to study hard, so as to explore the unknown space in the future.