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International Space Station

The International Space Station (or ISS) is a Space Station jointly being constructed by NASA and the Russian Space Agency, along with Canada, Japan, Brazil, and the ESA, in an effort to send astronauts into space for long durations and conduct experiments in space. Construction began in 1998 and is scheduled to be completed in 2011. Our International Space Station category is for questions related to the International Space Station and its operations.

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How many pages does Space Station Seventh Grade have?

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Space Station Seventh Grade has 232 pages.

When was International Space Station created?

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International Space Station was created in 1998.

How many station of d-tooling compression machine?

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Why does the ISS fly in a north and south flight pattern instead of flying around the earth laterally?

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Any orbit of the Earth must have its center at the Earth's center.

So there are two choices for any Earth satellite:

-- Orbit above the equator, never crossing any land that isn't on the equator,

and never visible to people who aren't located close to the equator, or else

-- revolve in an orbit that's inclined to the equator, sooner or later crossing

every point on Earth that lies within the N/S latitudes equal to its inclination,

and eventually visible to the majority of Earth's population.

A satellite can't, for example, orbit entirely above the Tropic of Cancer, or the Arctic Circle.

It must either cross the equator twice in each orbit, or else stay permanently above

the equator.

Does a space station carry humans?

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Yes, a space station will support humans. It does now; the International Space Station has a varying crew of from 3-5 people. Previous space stations such as the two Soviet Mir stations and the old NASA Skylab station all had human crews.