RACHEL EDGERLY JUNE 29,

2015 LIFTOFF

2015

CREATED BY 5 SPACE AGENCIES

REPRESENTING 15 NATIONS

Canadian Space Agency

European Space Agency

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Russian Federal Space Agency

AS BIG AS A FOOTBALL FIELD

Mass:

Velocity:

Altitude:

Every day, station travels the equivalent distance to the moon and back seeing:

~1 million lb (~454,000 kg)

17,500 mph (28,100 kph)

220 miles (350 km) above Earth

16 sunrises / 16 sunsets

24 hours a day

7 days a week

365 days a year

See the station above your house http://spotthestation.nasa.gov

CURRENT EXPEDITION

MISSION PATCHES

STS-114 (July 2005) • Signifies the return of the Space Shuttle to flight and honors the memory of the

STS-107 Columbia crew. • Blue Shuttle rising above Earth's horizon includes the Columbia constellation

of seven stars, echoing the STS-107 patch and commemorating the seven members of that mission

• Dominant design element of the STS-114 patch is the planet Earth, which represents the unity and dedication of the many people whose efforts allow the Shuttle to safely return to flight

• Against the background of the Earth at night, the blue orbit represents the International Space Station (ISS)

• Mission Specialists Soichi Noguchi, Stephen Robinson and Andrew Thomas, who will work on the Station during spacewalks, are named on the orbit

• Red sun on the orbit signifies the contributions of the Japanese Space Agency to the mission and to the ISS program

• Multi-colored Shuttle plume represents the broad spectrum of challenges for this mission, including Shuttle inspection and repair experiments, and International Space Station re-supply and repair.

MANNED VEHICLE

Mass:

Descent Velocity:

Size:

~15,000 lb (~7,000 kg)

6.6 feet per second

22.9 ft in length and 8.9 ft in diameter

Russian Soyuz TMA Spacecraft

INTERNATIONAL CARGO FLEET

Progress (Roscosmos)

Automated Transfer Vehicle (ESA)

H-II Transfer Vehicle (JAXA)

COMMERCIAL SPACE MARKET

Cygnus (Orbital) Dragon (SpaceX)

The International Space Station facilitates the growth of a robust commercial market in low-Earth orbit for scientific research, technology

development, and human and cargo transportation

CARGO

GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP

The International Space Station is a blueprint for global cooperation, enabling a U.S.-led multinational partnership that advances shared

goals in space exploration.

SPACE LABORATORY

The International Space Station is advancing scientific objectives in Earth, space, physical, and biological sciences,

returning benefits to humanity.

82 countries and areas have participated in

International Space Station Research and Education Activities

Since 1998, over 1700 scientific investigations have been

conducted onboard

WORLD WIDE PARTICIPATION

Liquid Cooling Technology Increases Exercise Efficiency:To keep astronauts’ airtight spacesuits from becoming hot and humid, Ames Research Center developed liquid cooling garments that were integrated into each suit’s long underwear. Vasper Systems, in San Jose, California, is using the technology in its liquid-cooled compression cuffs, which help people exercise more efficiently by concentrating lactic acid in their muscles

SPINOFFS

Read about more 2015 NASA Spinoffs http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2015/pdf/2015_Brochure_Web.pdf

1. Preventing Loss of Bone Mass in Space Through Diet and Exercise

2. Understanding Mechanisms of Osteoporosis and New Drug Treatments

3. Hyperspectral Imaging for Water Quality in Coastal bays

4. Colloid Self Assembly Using Electrical Fields for Nanomaterials

5. New Process of “Cool Flame” combustion

6. Pathway for Bacterial Pathogens to Become Virulent

7. 43 Million Students and Counting (number of students touched by the ISS’s educational endeavors)

8. Dark Matter is Still Out There9. Robotic Assist for Brain Surgery10. New targeted Method for

Chemotherapy Drug Delivery

TOP 10 ISS RESEARCH RESULTS

ONE YEAR MISSION

SPACE EXPLORATION

The International Space Station is a test bed for cutting-edge research and technologies that will enable human and robotic exploration of destinations beyond low-Earth orbit, including asteroid and Mars.

LINKS

ISS on NASA.GOVhttp://www.nasa.gov/stationISS Research Blog “A Lab Aloft”http://blogs.nasa.gov/ISS_Science_Blog/ISS Research & Technologyhttp://go.nasa.gov/stationresearch

Twitter@Space_Station @ISSCASIS@ISS_Research@NASA

International Partners on Twitter

@csa_asc

@esa

@fka_roscosmos

@jaxa_en

Find current astronauts on Twitter@NASA_Astronauts

YouTubeReelNasaInsideISS

Saint-Hubert, Canada

Houston, Texas

Huntsville, Alabama

Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Kourou, French Guiana

Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

Toulouse, France

Tsukuba, Japan

Tanegashima, Japan

Wallops Island, Virginia

Hawthorne, California

Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Moscow, Russia

GLOBAL LAUNCH AND CONTROL OPERATIONS