Space Station ISS
From Bwtm
This page is about the International Space Station
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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
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/
Images
- SpaceX Dragon delivers groceries and Christmas presents to space station. The space station’s six astronauts were getting a little low on supplies. That’s because the previous supply ship – owned by another company – was destroyed in an October launch explosion. Nasa scrambled to get replacement equipment aboard Dragon, as did schoolchildren who rustled up new science projects. Then Dragon was stalled a month by rocket snags; it should have reached the space station well before Christmas. http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jan/12/spacex-dragon-groceries-christmas-presents-space-station?CMP=share_btn_tw
Soyuz
Russian Progress is an unmanned cargo resupply spacecraft
http://www.spaceflight101.com/progress-spacecraft-information.html