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Definition: International Space Station from The Macquarie Dictionary
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a multi-module space station for long-term habitation and research, assemblage of which began in space in 1998; initiated by the US with the involvement also of Russia, Japan, the European Union countries, and Brazil.

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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Space station in low Earth orbit used for scientific and space research. Its construction was a collaboration between the USA, the Russian Federation, Japan, Canada, Brazil, and the European Space Agency. The first component was launched in 1998 and 12 additional modular units have since been launched and attached, the latest in 2011. The cost of the project to 2010 was $100 million. The 450-tonne ISS is the largest artificial body ever to orbit the Earth and holds the record for the longest continuous period of human habitation in space. It is in continuous use with average crew sizes of three to six astronauts. The complete station orbits at an altitude of around 378 km/235 mi. It measures 73 m/240 ft in length and 108 m/356 ft across its solar wings. The first crew arrived at the ISS in 2000, under the command of NASA astronaut William Shepherd . weblinks International Space Station images crew return vehicle Destiny drogue parachute International Space Station Japanese Experiment…
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SPACE STATION , which when completed in 2006 - budgets, schedule and technology permitting - will be a space superlative, measuring 111.32 m (365 ft) from end to end. The space station was originally given the go-ahead in 1984, in response to the Soviet Union permanent presence in orbit. This US…
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Unfinished space module orbiting 250 miles above the earth. The ISS continues the work done by Skylab and Russia's Mir , representing a human presence in space. It is the largest and most complex international scientific project in history. Led by the United States and Russia, it draws upon the…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Space station in low Earth orbit used for scientific and space research. Its construction was a collaboration between the USA, the Russian Federation, Japan, Canada, Brazil, and the European Space Agency. The first component was launched in 1998 and 12 additional modular units have since been…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Space station assembled from modules in Earth orbit largely by the U.S. and Russia, with assistance and components from a multinational consortium. The project, which began as a U.S. effort, was long delayed by funding and technical problems. Originally called Freedom in the 1980s, it was redesigned…
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The International Space Station (ISS) program is an international collaboration of the U.S., Europe, Japan, Canada, and Russia, each of which is expected to provide modules and equipment designed to support a crew of up to six for at least 15 years. The ISS will be the largest structure ever built…
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Sunita Williams, an American astronaut and U.S. Navy officer, holds the record for the longest spaceflight by a woman. She began her astronaut training in 1998, after which she worked in Moscow with the Russian Space Agency. After 2008, she served as NASA's deputy chief of the Astronaut Office. She…
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From Collins Dictionary of Astronomy
An internationally managed permanently crewed spacecraft providing an Earth-orbiting platform intended to function as an observatory, laboratory, manufacturing facility, assembly facility, and staging post. The ISS began as an ambitious program originated by the USA in 1984 under the name Freedom. …
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