International Space Station
Crewed orbital outpost
The International Space Station is a habitable spacecraft orbiting Earth, operated jointly by the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.
Crew members conduct scientific research in microgravity.
Usually abbreviated ISS: The ISS passes overhead tonight.
The station has been continuously occupied since 2000.
Federal space exploration bureau
- ESAContinental space organization
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- interagencyInvolving multiple government organizations
Curved celestial path
- spacewalkVenturing outside a spacecraft
- EVAActivity outside spacecraft
- resupplyProvide fresh provisions
- ProgressForward movement or development
Soyuz · Cygnus · docking · rendezvous · Houston · telemetry · communication · tracking
Extremely weak gravitational force
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- biologyStudy of organisms
- crystallographyStudy of atomic lattices
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
Made of separable units
- trussLoad-bearing beam arrangement
- modulesSelf-contained system components
- CanadarmSpacecraft-mounted robotic appendage
- cupolaSmall rooftop dome
airlock · avionics · Node · Destiny · Columbus · structural · pressurized · radiators
Onboard food preparation area
- tortillasThin unleavened flatbreads
- velcroFabric fastener using hooks
- recreationRefreshment through leisure
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
NASA
Federal space exploration bureau
- ESAContinental space organization
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
interagency · diplomacy · intercultural · peaceful · treaties
orbit
Curved celestial path
- spacewalkVenturing outside a spacecraft
- EVAActivity outside spacecraft
- resupplyProvide fresh provisions
Progress · Soyuz · Cygnus · docking · rendezvous · Houston · telemetry · communication · tracking · maintenance
microgravity
Extremely weak gravitational force
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- biologyStudy of organisms
- crystallographyStudy of atomic lattices
modular
Made of separable units
- trussLoad-bearing beam arrangement
- modulesSelf-contained system components
- CanadarmSpacecraft-mounted robotic appendage
cupola · airlock · avionics · Node · Destiny · Columbus · structural · pressurized · radiators · gyroscopes
galley
Onboard food preparation area
- tortillasThin unleavened flatbreads
- velcroFabric fastener using hooks
- recreationRefreshment through leisure
- joint space programsISS, Apollo-Soyuz
- space sitesSea of Tranquility, Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center, ISS
- space stationsSkylab, Mir, space habitat, space hotel, airlock
- Space HistoryApollo 11, moon landing, Sputnik, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, liftoff, orbit, countdown
- MegaprojectsPanama Canal, Hoover Dam, Three Gorges Dam, Channel Tunnel, Manhattan Project
International Space StationEarth
Our world
terra firma · solid ground · underground bunker · Mariana Trench · submarine
International Space StationSkylab
Pioneering American orbital habitat
solo mission · Mir · Sputnik
station, national, spaceship, nationalism, international, spacecraft, nationality, multinational, nationalist