Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was assembled and is 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).
International Space Station mockup at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The space station is located in orbit around the Earth at an altitude of approximately 410 km (250 mi), a type of orbit usually termed low Earth orbit (the actual height varies over time by several kilometers due to atmospheric drag and reboosts).
A Kounotori departing Tanegashima Space Center bound for the International Space Station. Located in Japan on an island 115 kilometres (71 mi) south of Kyūshū, the Tanegashima Space Center (TCS) is the launch site for H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), called Kounotori (こうのとり, Oriental stork or white stork), used to resupply the Kibō ...
First commander of the ISS and also first American commander of the ISS. Expedition 2: Yury Usachev [7] 19 March 2001 [7] 18 August 2001 [8] First Russian commander of ISS. Expedition 3: Frank Culbertson [8] 18 August 2001 [8] 13 December 2001 [9] Only American onboard ISS during September 11 attacks. [10] Expedition 4: Yury Onufrienko [9] 13 ...
previous image is too outdated new image published by me shows current and future iss the previous image is so old that its source has also been removed by nasa: 16:52, 18 June 2010: 3,319 × 2,116 (1.78 MB) Transatracurium: Flip & crop. 02:57, 6 June 2010: 4,288 × 2,839 (2.31 MB) Craigboy
From left to right, NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit and Suni Williams appear Tuesday, Jan. 28, for an exclusive interview with USA TODAY.
The Boeing Starliner spacecraft is now scheduled to undock from the International Space Station and return to Earth on June 22, NASA said on Friday, giving more time to finalize planning for the ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate; Pages for logged out editors learn more