The International Space Station

International Space Station : Then and Now

The human race sure has its means to uncover the mysteries , not just of the earth , but also of the universe . It has come up with different ways to find the pieces of information so we could add it up to a bank called `knowledge . We have searched under the sea , through our vast lands , and now , a part of the endless horizon of the universe . Since the beginning of time , we have been very impulsive in discovering and unearthing every piece of the puzzle . The International

Space Station is one living proof of the humans ' diligence , patience , intelligence , and passion

The International Space Station or ISS project began in 1980 the project was then called Space Station Freedom and it was in response to the other space stations launched by other nations such as the Salyut and Mir space stations . The project was later put on hold after the Soviet Union and Cold War had ended but it didn 't end there . In the first half of the 1990 's , the United States of America began negotiating with other nations or countries like Europe , Russia , Japan , and Canada for international partnership . In 1993 , the new and improved project was proclaimed and named it Space Station Alpha it was a collaboration of the different powerful agencies from around the globe : The Space Station Freedom of NASA , Mir-2 of Russia , and the Columbus of ESA . The other nations or agencies that have shown their support and interest are as follows : The Brazilian Space Agency , The Italian Space Agency , and China . The assembly commenced in 1998 and almost everything was done on orbit

The International Space Station , with an altitude of roughly 350 km above the earth 's surface and with a speed of 27 ,700 km per hour , is a haven for scientists who want to develop and improve on the humans ' way of life . It weighs 1 , 040 ,000 lbs , measures 256 across and 290 feet long and has the capacity to contain 6 laboratories for on-orbit experimentations . Its main power supply comes from the sun through the solar panels , the light the sun emits is converted to electricity . The target completion date is 2010 and so ISS has become , if not the only one of the most complex and most expensive objects / stations here on earth

The presence of a human entity can be traced back on November 2 , 2000 and ISS has been inhabited since then

The International Space Station : The Purpose of Existence

Research and Experimentation have become the main reasons of the existence of the ISS . Since the ISS works on space , it provides the scientist a variation and a different condition for their studies and experiments . The six state-of-the-art laboratories will be used to work on the different fields such as Biology , Physics , Astronomy , and Meteorology . ISS will be home to numerous discoveries and new studies like the study on Protein Crystals . It is believed that protein crystals can...