Watch as the International Space Station takes shape in this time-lapsed NASA animation of its decade-long assembly, which ...

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The International Space Station (ISS) is a marvel of human engineering, stretching approximately 109 meters in length, akin ...

The ISS includes three main modules connected by nodes: the US Laboratory Module Destiny, the European Research Laboratory Columbus and the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo (Hope). Each was launched ...

I would absolutely love to see someone build an animation of the assembly of the ISS over time. Somewhere, long ago, on a long lost to my bookmarks Nasa page, there was a small GIF that represented ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - NASA on Wednesday night resumed plans to moor an uncrewed cargo craft to the International Space Station after resolving an early engine-shutdown issue it said was ...

Preface; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Dedication; Prologue; 1: An Alternative Plan; Shuffling the Shuttle to Assemble the Station; NASA's Tier-2: An Alternative Assembly Plan; The Interim Control ...