The Space stations :
Imagine living 380 km ( 235 miles ) above everybody eise, experiencing a sunrise every 45 minutes, sending your cloths to burned up in the atmosphere rather than washed, and having no floor or ceiling. welcome to Space Station.
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| ISS (International Space Station) |
A Quick History :
The first space station was launched in 1971. Since then a number of stations have orbited Earth. The International Space Station ( ISS ) , has been built by 16 nations working together. The largest space station ever built, it's been occupied since 2000 .
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| ISS launched in 1971 |
First Ideas :
Ideas for the space stations existed a long time before they became reality . In the 1950s, a 76 metre ( 250 ft ) - wide wheel-shaped design ( like in the Interstellar ) was proposed by space scientist Wernher Von Braun .
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| Wernher Von Braun |
What is Space station :
It's a space laboratory that orbits Earth, operated by the crews of astronauts who take turns crew stays for several months. Occasionally, an astronaut has stayed a whole year! , The solar panels are used to power the space station.
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| Body Parts of International Space Station |
Some of the Space Station :
Salyut 1 : Launched in 1971 and in orbit for 175 days.
Salyut 7 : Launched in 1982 and in orbit for 3,216 days.
Skylab : Launched in May 1973 by the USA. It burned up in 1979.
Mir : Built in space by the Soviet Union, beginning in 1986. It fell into the atmosphere in march 2001.
“ Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a dozen. ”
______Larry Niven.______
