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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 November 2024. Inhabited space station in low Earth orbit (1998–present) "ISS" redirects here. For other uses, see ISS (disambiguation). International Space Station (ISS) Oblique underside view in November 2021 International Space Station programme emblem with flags of the original signatory states ...
The process of assembling the International Space Station (ISS) has been under way since the 1990s. Zarya, the first ISS module, was launched by a Proton rocket on 20 November 1998. The STS-88 Space Shuttle mission followed two weeks after Zarya was launched, bringing Unity, the first of three node modules, and connecting it to Zarya.
[1] [2] The 2005 NASA Authorization Act designated the American segment of the International Space Station as a national laboratory with the goal of increasing the use of the ISS by other federal agencies and the private sector. [3] Research on the ISS improves knowledge about the effects of long-term space exposure on the human body.
NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station Matthew Dominic, left, and Tracy Dyson answered questions during a livestream event Wednesday morning at Whitson Elementary School.
Crew-9 took off at 1:17 p.m. from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to the International Space Station (ISS). The first stage will land on Landing Zone 1 back at the space station. $1.13B ...
November 2, 2024 at 9:00 AM. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station plan to find a new docking port for a SpaceX Dragon in order to make way for an uncrewed NASA vehicle on a resupply ...
The Space Station Explorers program includes opportunities for students to launch their own projects into space. [16] Some of the Space Station Explorer experiments have allowed students to observe genetic changes in astronauts' DNA, [17] learn how bacteria grows differently in space, [8] and track the development of tadpoles into four-legged ...
High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) cameras were a payload package delivered to the International Space Station on the SpaceX CRS-3 Mission, launched on April 18, 2014. [1][2] The High-Definition Earth Viewing camera suite was carried aboard the Dragon spacecraft and is configured on a platform on the exterior of the European Space Agency 's ...