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About six crew members on the iss
it is a living quarters for the crew and can carry cargo to and from earth, it also serves as an extension to the iss
Normally, the station has a crew of 6 people, or 3 in between crew rotations. The most people that have ever been aboard the ISS was 10, when the 7-man crew of STS-119 (Space Shuttle Discovery) was docked with the ISS, which had a crew of 3 aboard. Now that the huge Space Shuttle is discontinued, a maximum crew size of 6-8 aboard the ISS is more realistic.
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It depends on the crew member. Shuttle crews will stay a couple of weeks with some of the expedition crews can stay as long as 4 months.
About six crew members on the iss
it is a living quarters for the crew and can carry cargo to and from earth, it also serves as an extension to the iss
Normally, the station has a crew of 6 people, or 3 in between crew rotations. The most people that have ever been aboard the ISS was 10, when the 7-man crew of STS-119 (Space Shuttle Discovery) was docked with the ISS, which had a crew of 3 aboard. Now that the huge Space Shuttle is discontinued, a maximum crew size of 6-8 aboard the ISS is more realistic.
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The ISS has been continuously staffed since the first resident crew, Expedition 1, entered the station on 2 November 2000. At present, the station has the capacity for a crew of three. However, to fulfil an active research programme, it will be staffed by a resident crew of six beginning with Expedition 20
All of the food, water and air that the ISS crew members need is carried from the earth to the station on Shuttle missions. Food and water get there the same way crew replacements get there.
It depends on the crew member. Shuttle crews will stay a couple of weeks with some of the expedition crews can stay as long as 4 months.
The ISS is as big as a football field
The ISS is as big as a football field
Crew capacity on the ISS is currently at 6.
The crew of Expedition 1, Yuri Gidzenko, Sergei Krikalev, and William Shepherd, were the first residents of the ISS and arrived on November 2, 2000.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis.