International Space Station

Clayton Wilson

ISS

• Artificial satellite in low earth orbit.• First launched in 1998.• Largest artificial body component in orbit.

ISS

• Members conduct experiments in biology, human biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology and other fields.

• The station is suited for the testing of spacecraft systems and equipment required for missions to the Moon and Mars.

ISS

• It completes 15.54 orbits per day.• ISS is the ninth space station to be inhabited

by crews.

History

• The station has been continuously occupied for 14 years and 134 days since the arrival of Expedition 1 on 2 November 2000.

• This is the longest continuous human presence in space.

ISS

• The station is divided into two sections, the Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) and the United States Orbital Segment (USOS), which is shared by many nations.

• As of January 2014, the American portion of ISS was funded until 2024.

Purpose

• International Space Station was intended to be a laboratory, observatory and factory in low Earth orbit.

• Planned to provide transportation, maintenance, and act as a staging base for possible future missions to the Moon, Mars and asteroids.

ISS

• Test spacecraft systems that will be required for long-duration missions.

• With ISS being around other spacecraft's can have repairs done with the help of ISS.

Fun Facts

• Goes so fast that it would go the Moon and back in a day.

• It took an astounding 136 space flights on seven different types of launch vehicles to build it.

Fun Facts

• It has 8 miles of wire just to connect the electrical power system.

• It has a complete surface area the size of a US football field.

Fun Facts

• It has more livable space than a 6-bedroom house.

• It has two bathrooms, a gymnasium and a 360-degree bay window.

Fun Facts

• There are 52 computers controlling the ISS.• The ISS crews have eaten about 25,000 meals

since 2000.• 32,558 Big Macs.

Fun Facts

• The crew members on board the station experience a sunrise or sunset every 92 minutes.

• The ISS is arguably the most expensive single item ever built.

• The cost of the station is believed to be $150 billion.

Fun Facts

• The International Space Station marked its 10th anniversary of continuous human occupation on Nov. 2, 2010.

• The International Space Station can be seen from Earth with the naked eye.

Fun Facts

• The 75 to 90 kilowatts of power for the ISS is supplied by an acre of solar panels.

• There was a science fiction movie filmed in space aboard the ISS in 2008 called “Apogee of Fear” and it has never been released publicly.

• American astronauts on the ISS can vote in elections from orbit by secure email.