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Station ISS

ActiveLaunched in 1998·LEO — 408 km

The largest object ever assembled in space. A permanent orbital laboratory for 25 years.

Main objectives

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It orbits Earth 16 times a day at 28,000 km/h. The crew witnesses 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets every 24 hours.

Timeline

Nov 20, 1998

Zarya launch

First module (Russia).

Nov 02, 2000

First permanent crew

Expedition 1.

May 29, 2011

Assembly complete

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AMS-02

Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-02 measuring cosmic rays and searching for dark matter

CIR

Combustion Integrated Rack for sustained microgravity combustion experiments

FIR

Fluids Integrated Rack serving as optics bench for microgravity fluid physics

MSG

Microgravity Science Glovebox for biological and physical investigations

JEM-EF

Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility for science in the space environment

Mass420 t

Length109 m

Crew capacity7

Orbital velocity28,000 km/h

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