![]() ![]() īefore their first peaceful contact with outsiders ( cowodi) in 1958, the Huaorani fiercely defended their territory. Marriage was always endogamous and typically between cousins, and arranged by the parents of the young people. All of them would reside in a longhouse, which was separated by several kilometers from another longhouse in which close relatives lived. Family units consisted of a man and his wife or wives, their unmarried sons, their married daughters and sons-in-law, and their grandchildren. They lived on the gathering and cultivation of plant foods like manioc and plantains, as well as fishing and hunting with spear and blowgun. They numbered approximately 600 people, and were split into three groups, all mutually hostile-the Geketaidi, the Baïidi, and the Wepeidi. The Waorani around the time of Operation Auca were a small tribe occupying the jungle of Eastern Ecuador between the Napo and Curaray Rivers, an area of approximately 20,000 square kilometers (7,700 mi²). ![]() This eventually led to the conversion of many, including some of those involved in the killing. Several years after the death of the men, the widow of Jim Elliot, Elisabeth, and the sister of Nate Saint, Rachel, returned to Ecuador as missionaries with the Summer Institute of Linguistics (now SIL International) to live among the Huaorani. Their work is still frequently remembered in evangelical publications, and in 2006 was the subject of the film production End of the Spear. The deaths of the men galvanized the missionary effort in the United States, sparking an outpouring of funding for evangelization efforts around the world. The news of their deaths was broadcast around the world, and Life magazine covered the event with a photo essay. Their efforts came to an end on January 8, 1956, when all five- Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Ed McCully, Peter Fleming, and Roger Youderian-were attacked and speared by a group of Huaorani warriors. After several months of exchanging gifts, on January 3, 1956, the missionaries established a camp at "Palm Beach", a sandbar along the Curaray River, a few kilometers from Huaorani settlements. With the intention of being the first Christians to evangelize the previously uncontacted Huaorani, the missionaries began making regular flights over Huaorani settlements in September 1955, dropping gifts, which were reciprocated. The Huaorani, also known pejoratively as Aucas (a modification of awqa, the Quechua word for 'savages'), were an isolated tribe known for their violence, against both their own people and outsiders who entered their territory. Operation Auca was an attempt by five Evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States to bring Christianity to the Waodani or Huaorani people of the rain forest of Ecuador. The frame was reconstructed and is now on display at the headquarters of the Mission Aviation Fellowship in Nampa, Idaho. Its arrival at Tiangong would see the first crew handover on the Chinese space station, with the orbital outpost hosting six astronauts for a few days.Nate Saint's aircraft was discovered in 1994, buried in the sand along the Curaray River. Shenzhou 15 is expected to launch in the December timeframe. So, if all goes according to plan, the Shenzhou 14 astronauts will welcome aboard the next trio of astronauts late in the year. The Wentian module includes new crew quarters. The Shenzhou 14 trio are also expected to embark on spacewalks, engage in outreach activities, install new equipment both inside and outside the space station and conduct science experiments. The success of these missions would see the completion of the T-shaped Tiangong space station. The three new arrivals are tasked with overseeing the arrival of two new modules, named Wentian ("Quest for the Heavens") and Mengtian ("Dreaming of the Heavens"), which are due to launch in late July and October, respectively.Īfter the modules reach and dock with Tianhe, the crew, in cooperation with ground teams, will use Tianhe's large robotic arm to reposition the modules from the forward docking port to lateral ports. It has so far been visited by a total of six astronauts, who made up the Shenzhou 12 and Shenzhou 13 crews. The Shenzhou 14 mission is key to the construction of the space station, with more difficulties and greater challenges."Īll three crew members were selected in China's second astronaut selection round in 2010, meaning this is the first mission without one of China's older, first batch of astronauts along for the ride.Īwaiting the astronauts is Tianhe, the 54-foot-long (16.6 meters) space station core module that was launched in April 2021. "But we are fully prepared, enthusiastic and confident. "The three of us are relatively young in terms of age," Chen told media at a press conference on Saturday.
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