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May 16, 2016
The International Space Station (ISS)
The International Space Station is a microgravity laboratory in which an international crew of six people live and work while traveling at a speed of five miles per second (or 17,500 miles per hour or 28,000 Km/h), orbiting Earth every 90 minutes.
Monday, May 16, marks the International Space Station’s 100,000th orbit!
That’s more than 2,643,342,240 miles (4,253496192 Km) traveled! Which is also like 10 round trips to Mars, OR nearly the distance to Neptune!
The space station has been in orbit for over 17 years, and during that time, over 1,922 research investigations have been performed. More than 1,200 scientific results publications have been produced as a result.
Important studies like the VEGGIE experiment, which is working to grow plants in microgravity, and the Twin’s Study, which is studying the impacts of microgravity on the human body, are helping us on our journey to Mars. Using this unique orbiting laboratory as a place to conduct research is helping us learn important things for future deep space missions.
There have even been 222 different people that have visited the space station. This includes the current crew that is working and living on orbit.
Did you know that the space station is the third brightest object in the sky? If you know when and where to look up, you can spot it on your own! Find out when and where to look up HERE: http://nasa.tumblr.com/post/139058870124/spot-the-international-space-station
Related links:
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/overview.html
Space Station Research and Technology: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html
VEGGIE experiment: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/383.html
Twin’s Study: http://www.nasa.gov/twins-study/about
Image, Animations, Text, Credit: NASA.
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