(Image credit: NASA) (opens in new tab) Life on the International Space Station The International Space Station taken in 2011 by a crewmember onboard the space shuttle Atlantis. Related: This International Space Station VR experience lets you explore the ISS… and it’s as amazing as it sounds
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You can also take pictures of the International Space Station with the right equipment our guide takes you through how to photograph the ISS. It can be seen without the use of a telescope by night sky observers who know when and where to look. For more information on how to see and track the ISS, check out our guide. In one day, the station travels about the distance it would take to go from Earth to the moon and back.Īt night, the ISS is visible from Earth, appearing as a luminous moving point of light and rivaling the brilliant planet Venus in brightness. It circles the globe every 90 minutes at a speed of about 17,500 mph (28,000 km/h). The International Space Station orbits Earth, at an average altitude of 248 miles (400 kilometers). How to see the International Space Station The space station is composed of parts provided by the United States, Russia, Japan, Canada, and the countries comprising the European Space Agency. It is a partnership of five space agencies from 15 countries who contributed different parts to make up the ISS, which are still owned by the respective partner, and we all help to continuously operate the station 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. The International Space Station is exactly that - international. You can track the space station's path near you at (opens in new tab). Thanks to the size of its solar panels, it can be seen with the naked eye at dusk or dawn when flying over a local area. The space station orbits Earth at an altitude of approximately 250 miles (402 kilometers), with its orbital path taking it over 90 percent of the Earth's population. You can learn more in the reference guide here (opens in new tab). The space station has seven sleeping quarters, with the ability to add more during crew handover periods, two bathrooms, a gym, and the cupola - a 360-degree-view bay window of the Earth. There is 13,696 cubic feet of habitable volume for crew members, not including visiting vehicles. The International Space Station is 356 feet (109 meters) end-to-end with a mass of 925,335 pounds (419,725 kilograms) without visiting vehicles. Raphael Grau is the deputy manager of NASA's International Space Station External Integration Office. We asked Raphael Grau, deputy manager of NASA's International Space Station External Integration Office, a few frequently asked questions about the ISS. Elements of the ISS are controlled by mission control centers in Houston or Moscow. Other international mission control centers support the space station from Japan, Canada and Europe. It could be deorbited, or recycled for future commercial space stations in orbit.Ĭrews aboard the ISS are assisted by mission control centers in Houston and Moscow and a payload control center in Huntsville, Ala. After 2030, plans for the International Space Station are not clearly laid out either.
How the station will be operated after Russia's departure has not yet been determined. NASA has approved an extension to 2030, although Russia says it will withdraw after 2024 to focus on building its own space station around 2028. (Image credit: NASA) (opens in new tab)Ĭurrent plans call for the space station to be operated through at least 2024, with the partners discussing a possible extension. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch seen on the International Space Station.
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