INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION - SCI & TECH
News: NASA’s Crew-7 mission launched four
astronauts to the ISS
What's
in the news?
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The rocket pushed four astronauts on NASA’s Crew-7 mission into orbit before
the Crew Dragon capsule they were aboard docked with the International Space
Station (ISS).
International
Space Station:
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The International Space Station (ISS) is a
space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit.
Key
takeaways:
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Its first component launched into orbit in
1998, and the ISS is now the largest human-made body in low Earth orbit.
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It circles the Earth in roughly 92 minutes
and completes 15.5 orbits per day.
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The ISS was developed and built by five space agencies namely, NASA (USA),
Roscosmos (Russia), European Space Agency (ESA-Europe), JAXA (Japan) and the
Canadian Space Agency (CSA-Canada).
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The space station reached its full six-person crew size in 2009 as new
modules, laboratories and facilities were brought online.
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Current plans call for the space station
to be operated through at least 2020. NASA has requested an extension until 2024.