For more than 40 years, scientists have sought to learn how well human beings can adapt to long periods in space. The International Space Station continues to provide valuable knowledge about spaceflight. But an earlier space station, Skylab, helped make the current space project possible.

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield sang aboard the International Space Station on May 12, 2013. His music video has become extremely popular. The astronaut played his own version of David Bowie's song Space Oddity. He performed while floating weightlessly, with images of planet earth and space appearing in the window behind him.

Chris Hadfield recently returned home after nearly five months on the space station. For him, the long flight produced a hit video on YouTube and no major physical problems. But 40 years ago, scientists did not know how humans would react to long-term spaceflight. To find out, NASA, the American space agency, launched Skylab in May, 1973. Over nearly a year, three teams of astronauts visited Skylab for stays of between 28 to 84 days. They learned how people react to extended periods in space.

Gerald Carr commanded Skylab 4. He spoke at a NASA event marking the 40th anniversary of Skylab's launch. He said that the loss of the body's muscle mass was a main concern. Astronauts on Skylab used exercise equipment to stay strong. The astronauts spent their workdays carrying out experiments, including biomedical research.

Marshall Porterfield is the director of NASA's Space Life and Physical Sciences Division. He says the Skylab astronauts' understanding of their own ability to deal with long-term spaceflight continues to help current astronauts. NASA says the next step for life away from Earth is a year-long space station mission, set for 2015. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What space station helped make space projects possible?
Answer: 1. Skylab

Country singer and songwriter Adrienne Young brings together music and agricultural activities.She even included seeds in the album cover of her first CD.

Adrienne Young wants people to know that she supports the movement in America to increase local farming.She offers information about agricultural issues on her Web site.And now part of the moneyfrom her third and newest release, "Room to Grow",will be donated to help support community gardens.

Adrienne Young's family has lived in Florida for seven generations.Her ancestors helped develop the agriculture industry there.The state of Florida is the nation's second largest producer of fruits and vegetables, 'after California.

Adrienne Young has said that her interest in nature was shaped by the fact that she did not grow up on a farm.She grew up in a house her grandfather build on what had been farmland two generations ago.But the land was developed and was now part of a highway.

Adrienne Young has teamed up with two organizations that support local farming and gardening efforts.One is the American Community Gardening Association.The other is FoodRoutes,a group she has represented for several years.

FoodRoutes says buying locally grown food is not only about taste and freshness.The group says buying locally also helps to strengthen local economies and protect the environment.Exports say food in the United States travels all average of more than three thousand kilometers from farm to store. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. where did she grow up?
2. did she grow up on a farm?
3. what information does she have on her site?
4. who built the house?
5. what will the money from her album go towards?
6. how long ago was the house built?
7. what was on her album?
8. how far does food travel?
9. who does she support?
10. which organizations?
11. how does buying local help?
12. what did her ancestors do?
13. what is the name of the latest album?
14. how long has her family lived there?
15. is Florida the largest producer?
16. who is?
17. what is produced?
18. what happened to the land?
19. how long has she been with foodroutes?
20. what does she want people to know?
Answer: 1. FLorida
2. no
3. agricultural issues
4. her grandfather
5. community gardens
6. two generations ago
7. seeds
8. average of 3000 km
9. increasing local farming
10. American Community Gardening Association and FoodRoutes
11. strengthens local economies and protects the environment
12. developed Florida's agricultural industry
13. "Room to Grow"
14. seven generations
15. no
16. California
17. fruits and vegetables
18. developed into a highway
19. several years
20. she supports local farming

Institute of technology (also: university of technology, polytechnic university, technikon, and technical college) is a designation employed for a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable levels of the educational system. It may be an institution of higher education and advanced engineering and scientific research or professional vocational education, specializing in science, engineering, and technology or different sorts of technical subjects. It may also refer to a secondary education school focused in vocational training.[citation needed] The term institute of technology is often abbreviated IT and is not to be confused with information technology.

The English term polytechnic appeared in the early 19th century, from the French Ecole Polytechnique, an engineering school founded in 1794 in Paris. The French term comes from the Greek (polu or poly) meaning "many" and (tekhnikos) meaning "arts".

While the terms "institute of technology" and "polytechnic" are synonymous, the preference concerning which one is the preferred term varies from country to country.[citation needed] What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Is the institute of technology just one kind of school?
2. can you get different types of degrees?
3. is polytechnic a Latin term?
4. Then what kind?
5. where did it come from?
6. What school was opened in Paris?
7. Did it open in 1894?
8. When then?
9. Institute of technology can be shortened to what?
10. what else does that stand for?
11. Does institute of technology and polytechnic mean the same thing?
12. Are there advanced kinds of studies at these institutes?
13. What's an example?
Answer:
1. No
2. Yes
3. No
4. English
5. Ecole Polytechnique
6. an engineering school
7. No
8. 1794
9. IT
10. information technology
11. Yes
12. Yes
13. advanced engineering