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Pressure shrunken styrofoam cup given to astronaut Sunita William by Tim Shank.

Pressure shrunken styrofoam cup given to astronaut Sunita William by Tim Shank.
Pressure shrunken styrofoam cup given to astronaut Sunita William by Tim Shank.
Pressure shrunken styrofoam cup given to astronaut Sunita William by Tim Shank.
Pressure shrunken styrofoam cup given to astronaut Sunita William by Tim Shank.
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Kleindinst, Thomas N.
Pressure shrunken styrofoam cup given to astronaut Sunita William by Tim Shank.
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09/12/2007
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In January 2007, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and WHOI biologist Tim Shank made the first-ever phone call from outer space (the International Space Station) to inner space (the deep ocean floor). Little did Williams know that Shank was also making her a gift during their call. On Wednesday, September 12, 2007, Shank presented Willians with a souvenir to commemorate their long-distance phone call?a decorated, styrofoam coffee cup that had been shrunken by the intense seafloor pressure on the outside of Alvin.
Photo by Tom Kleindinst
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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