Space Station ISS

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This page is about the International Space Station

Contents 1 Construction 2 Launch Vehicles 2.1 Space Shuttle 2.2 SpaceX 2.2.1 News 2.3 Soyuz 2.4 Russian Progress is an unmanned cargo resupply spacecraft 3 ref

Construction

http://i.imgur.com/eWUrZuZ.gifv

ISS Assembly Time-Lapse Animation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8kOAroNNAo

The ISS project has been going on since 1998, and in this short time-lapse animation, you can see how the whole thing was built up until today, with last module planned for delivery in 2015. The space station is HUGE and measures over 100 meters in length, 75 meters in width, and weigh over 400 tons! Read more at http://www.geeksaresexy.net/#qhq2Yp9FxmR5LE58.99

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/International_Space_Station/Building_the_International_Space_Station3

Launch Vehicles

Space Shuttle

SpaceX

http://www.spaceflight101.com/dragon-spacecraft-information.html

News

MOON DESCENDS, FALCON RISES: SPACEX LOFTS DRAGON, FAILS TO LAND BOOSTER ON SHIP http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/missions/commercial/moon-descends-falcon-rises-spacex-lofts-dragon-fails-to-land-booster-on-ship/

Soyuz

Russian Progress is an unmanned cargo resupply spacecraft

http://www.spaceflight101.com/progress-spacecraft-information.html

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