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The International Space Station ( ISS) is a large space station assembled and maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada). The ISS is the largest space station ever built.
Bill Shepherd, shown here aboard the ISS in 2001, was the commander of Expedition 1 which was the first long-duration human stay at the ISS. David Saint-Jacques [ 59] Aleksandr Samokutyayev (twice) [ 12][ 79] Yelena Serova [ 79] Salizhan Sharipov [ 23] William M. Shepherd [ 44]
U.S. Space Shuttle missions were capable of carrying more humans and cargo than the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, resulting in more U.S. short-term human visits until the Space Shuttle program was discontinued in 2011. Between 2011 and 2020, Soyuz was the sole means of human transport to the ISS, delivering mostly long-term crew.
Currently there are two fully operational space stations – the International Space Station (ISS) and China 's Tiangong Space Station (TSS), which have been occupied since October 2000 with Expedition 1 and since June 2022 with Shenzhou 14. The highest number of people at the same time on one space station has been 13, first achieved with the ...
MET was formerly called Ground Elapsed Time (GET) prior to the Space Shuttle. The International Space Station (ISS) does not use an MET clock since it is a "permanent" and international mission. The ISS observes Greenwich Mean Time (UTC/GMT). The shuttles also had UTC clocks so that the astronauts could easily figure out what the "official ...
Statistics. [edit] As of September 12, 2021[update], 244 individuals[1]have made 403 spaceflights to the ISS, including the seven people currently at the ISS (Expedition 65). Two people have made five spaceflights to the ISS, while five people have made four, 36 people made three and 84 people made two. Note that this list assigns individuals ...
First human spaceflight from the State of New Mexico. Reached an altitude of 89.24 km (55.45 mi), crossing the U.S. definition of space, but not the FAI's definition. 331 Nie Haisheng (3) Liu Boming (2) Tang Hongbo: 17 June 2021 Shenzhou 12: TSS: 17 September 2021 Shenzhou 12: First crew to Tiangong Space Station. — David Mackay Michael ...
The SpaceX launch had previously been set for Aug. 18, but NASA announced on Tuesday that the launch has been pushed back to no earlier than Sept. 24 so that officials can finalize a plan for ...