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The International Space Station
and the
Personal Satellite Assistant
A Collection of Annotated Images
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The Russian Proton rocket carries Zarya, the first component of the International Space Station, into orbit on November 20, 1998.
NASA
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Zarya orbited Earth for just two weeks before the next component of the ISS was delivered.
NASA
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Zarya
The Unity module was carried into orbit by the Space Shuttle Endeavoron December 4, 1998. The ISS was still not ready for occupancy.
NASA
Unity
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The third major component of the ISS-Zvezda-was launched on July 25, 2000. In this photo, the Russian Soyuz spacecraft is docked to Zvezda.
Zvezda
Soyuz
Zarya
Unity
NASA
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Additional components—the first section of a truss and a docking port— were attached to Unity in October, 2000. The first permanent crew moved into the ISS on November 2, 2000.
Truss
Docking Port
NASA
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This photo of an astronaut inside the crowded Unity module was taken on December 7, 2002.
NASA
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Many additional components were added to get the ISS to this stage. This photo was taken on April 17, 2002. The ISS is still only about 50% complete.
NASA
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This drawing gives you a sense of how much larger and complex the completed ISS will be. The white arrow indicates the tip of one of Zvezda’s solar panels.
NASA
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To get the real-time location of the ISS, go to http://spaceflight.nasa.govAnd click the link Where is the station? at the bottom of the page.
The URL below will take you to a Japanese Web site which has a major collection of NASA and other photographs and drawings of the ISSunder construction. The images in this presentation were drawnfrom that Web site.http://spaceboy.nasda.go.jp/lib/station/station/e/construction_01_e.html
For more information about the ISS, visit the following Web sites.
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Here the Personal Satellite Assistant (PSA) is being tested in azero-gravity simulator at NASA Ames Research Center in California. Computer-controlled cranes support the PSA and follow it whenever the fans are moving it.
NASA
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The PSA is not scheduled to be in the ISS for several more years. This is a preview of how it might appear as it moves around the ISS.
NASA
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This labeled image of the PSA will give you some sense of the equipment it carries and the functions it can perform.
NASA
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http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/projects/psa/acti.htm
The URL below will take you to a Web site where, using a simulation, you can navigate the PSA to various target locations. It’s a lot of fun. Give it a try!