A collaboration among international space agencies, this laboratory offers a glimpse into the origins of the cosmos and the possibilities of future spaceflight.
It took two years of construction before the space station was ready for tenants. The three-member Expedition One crew, NASA astronaut William Shepard and cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko, arrived at the orbiting outpost on Nov. 2, 2000, and the space station has been continuously ...
10 facts about the International Space Station and life in orbitJohn Matson
[1] Here are ten interesting facts you did not know about it. Featured image credit: NASA 10 It’s Actually Falling Photo credit: NASA Unlike what many of us think, there is gravity in space. The International Space Station is between 200 and 250 miles above the Earth, where gravity ...
Crews are not only responsible for science but also for maintaining the station. Sometimes, this requires that they venture on spacewalks to perform repairs. From time to time, these repairs can be urgent — such as when a part of the ammonia system fails, which has happened acouple of tim...
The International Space Station is fascinating because of its purpose and the international collaboration that went into it. This lesson offers...
Below are 9 weird, surprising facts about the station that's changing our relationship to space. Want to learn more about the ISS?Sign up for The Portalist's newsletter, and get the best in space delivered straight to your inbox.
Here are a few facts and figures about Friday's excursion and the astronauts taking part. Christina Koch, 40 NASA astronaut Christina Koch aboard the International Space Station.NASA 14th woman to walk in space Previous spacewalks: 3 03/29/19: 6 hours 45 minutes; solar array battery replaceme...
What you've probably not seen before -- unless you're a huge NASA nerd -- are photos of Minnesota taken from the International Space Station. NASA has a website called Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth that's basically a huge online catalog of photos taken from the ISS. A quick...
“forging permission slips in the names of students,” the report said. …Workers have blamed Wilson for telling staff that they could bring family on these trips, with one employee telling the Post that Wilson instructed them “to lie to investigators.”“She said everyone should stick to ...