Iss

What is the ISS?

Biggest international scientific project

480000 pounds of space shuttle

Laboratory Continuous presence

of man in space Various high-tech

instruments for research

Why?

Permanent inhabited and functioning space station

International collaboration for space and scientific research

What does the ISS do?

Primary purposes: Research facility

Biology Chemistry Physics

Observations Earth Stars Space in general

Also: a man in space

Permanent scientists on board

Stay for +- 6 months

Important step onto permanent residence in space

Their job and life

Executing tests and making repairs to the ISS

They live a tight and scheduled life

ISS, the first step for the future!

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