The International Space Station (ISS) is a space lab that travels around Earth about 400 kilometers above the surface, moving at a speed of 28,000 kilometers per hour. Its main goal is to help ...
The Russian-built Zarya module (left) and the U.S. Unity connecting node were attached together in orbit in December 1998, forming the foundation of the International Space Station. For the past six ...
The ISS includes three main modules connected by nodes: the US Laboratory Module Destiny, the European Research Laboratory Columbus and the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo (Hope). Each was launched ...