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The International Space Station can be sighted when it flies over the region you are in. The website in related links below will tell you when the international space station can be observed in your region. It looks like a moving star, when you walk its like something out of the blue is above you.
The record for the longest stay on the International Space Station is held by a Russian cosmonaut. Sergei Avdeyev earned the record by staying aboard for just over 747 days.
See the link below to track the ISS
The International Space Station was first conceived in the early 80's as Space Station Freedom. It was originally intended to be a counter to the Russian Salyut and Mir space stations. At the same time, the Russians were developing Mir-2 as a replacement for the space station Mir. Because of budget and design contraints, Space Station Freedom never made it past minor tests. Shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Mir-2 was also on the verge of being cancelled. Through international cooperation, both space station projects were revived. In 1993, the Clinton administration announced that Space Station Freedom, Mir-2, as well as Europe's Columbus Orbital Facility and Japan's Kibo would all be combined into one large space station: The International Space Station. In 1998, construction of the International Space Station finally began with the launch of Russia's Zarya module, originally designed for Mir-2. And now over 10 years later, ISS is almost complete.
The station offers an advantage over spacecrafts such as NASA's Space Shuttle because it is a long-term platform, in the space environment, allowing duration studies to be performed, both on specific experiments and on the human crews that operate them.
The International Space Station what constructed of many pieces launched and assembled over a period of time. Construction began in Nov 1998
The International Space Station can be sighted when it flies over the region you are in. The website in related links below will tell you when the international space station can be observed in your region. It looks like a moving star, when you walk its like something out of the blue is above you.
The record for the longest stay on the International Space Station is held by a Russian cosmonaut. Sergei Avdeyev earned the record by staying aboard for just over 747 days.
See the link below to track the ISS
The International Space Station was first conceived in the early 80's as Space Station Freedom. It was originally intended to be a counter to the Russian Salyut and Mir space stations. At the same time, the Russians were developing Mir-2 as a replacement for the space station Mir. Because of budget and design contraints, Space Station Freedom never made it past minor tests. Shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Mir-2 was also on the verge of being cancelled. Through international cooperation, both space station projects were revived. In 1993, the Clinton administration announced that Space Station Freedom, Mir-2, as well as Europe's Columbus Orbital Facility and Japan's Kibo would all be combined into one large space station: The International Space Station. In 1998, construction of the International Space Station finally began with the launch of Russia's Zarya module, originally designed for Mir-2. And now over 10 years later, ISS is almost complete.
The International Space Station measures 51m long, 109m wide, and 20m deep, and has an enclosed volume of just over 900 cubic metres.
Anywhere from a 6 month stint to over a year.
The station offers an advantage over spacecrafts such as NASA's Space Shuttle because it is a long-term platform, in the space environment, allowing duration studies to be performed, both on specific experiments and on the human crews that operate them.
tonight 2/25/2014 at around 8:00pm SWS
Although there have been several added components over the years, the International Space Station has been operational since its launch in 1998. The last component is scheduled to be delivered to orbit later this year. The normal occupancy is six scientists and crew.
The space station, now weighing several tons, did not get up there in one launch. U.S. space shuttles and Russian, Canadian, and Japanese rockets brought pods. These smaller sections were peiced togather in orbit until you have what hangs over our heads today. -Jack
The International Space Station (ISS) has supported permanent human existence in space since late 2000. Typically crew members are on-orbit for 4 to six months at a time. A new crew shows up to take over ISS duties before the old crew returns to Earth.