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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 ...

The ISS has “come into its own as a very sophisticated scientific laboratory,” says retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who ...

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

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 ...

MIT astronauts aboard the International Space Station—and the MIT researchers who have sent up experiments—have advanced our understanding of science, space, and the universe. On November 2, 2000, ...

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 ...

NASA is eyeing slips of roughly one month in the launch dates for at least the first three space shuttle missions of 2007 as it prepares to launch Discovery on the STS-116 International Space Station ...

The first of a new generation of cargo ships for Earth orbit—and possibly beyond—is poised for a debut run to the International Space Station, a mission also geared to demonstrate Japan’s growing ...

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 ...