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  2. STS-50 - Wikipedia

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    The GBX has a viewport (window) into a clean workspace, built-in gloves for the manipulation of samples and equipment, a negative air pressure system, a filter system, and an entry door for passing materials and experiments into and out of the work area. The primary use of the glovebox was to selectively mix protein crystals and monitor their ...

  3. International Space Station - Wikipedia

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    Also installed during STS-134 was the 15 m (50 ft) Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS), which had been used to inspect heat shield tiles on Space Shuttle missions and which can be used on the station to increase the reach of the MSS. [151] Staff on Earth or the ISS can operate the MSS components using remote control, performing work outside the ...

  4. ISS ECLSS - Wikipedia

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    The interactions between the components of the ISS Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) The International Space Station (ISS) Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) is a life support system that provides or controls atmospheric pressure, fire detection and suppression, oxygen levels, proper ventilation, waste management and water supply.

  5. Scientific research on the International Space Station

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    [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.

  6. Space Shuttle thermal protection system - Wikipedia

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    Space Shuttle Discovery as it approaches the International Space Station during the STS-114 on 28 July 2005. The Space Shuttle thermal protection system (TPS) is the barrier that protected the Space Shuttle Orbiter during the extreme 1,650 °C (3,000 °F) heat of atmospheric reentry. A secondary goal was to protect from the heat and cold of ...

  7. Materials International Space Station Experiment - Wikipedia

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    MISSE-FF offers four space viewing directions for testing of samples or experiments: Ram (view forward as the ISS moves in its orbit), Wake (viewing behind the ISS similar to the wake of a boat in water), Zenith (viewing away from earth into deep space and toward the sun), and Nadir (viewing down toward the earth).

  8. For example, on the International Space Station the Earth's gravity is nearly 90% as strong as at the surface. Objects orbiting in space would not remain in orbit if not for the gravitational force, and gravitational fields extend even into the depths of intergalactic space. [5] [6] [7] The dark side of the Moon illuminated by the Sun.

  9. Galileo project - Wikipedia

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    [144] [145] It had been predicted that the probe would pass through three layers of clouds; an upper one consisting of ammonia-ice particles at a pressure of 0.5 to 0.6 bars (7.3 to 8.7 psi); a middle one of ammonium hydrosulfide ice particles at a pressure of 1.5 to 2 bars (22 to 29 psi); and one of water vapor at 4 to 5 bars (58 to 73 psi). [146]