The rest of the modules were all ferried to the ISS by NASA’s Space Shuttles.
The actual assembly began in 1998 when the first module, the Russian-made Zarya, was launched on a Russian Proton rocket. Some modules were created by the US, and others were created by Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada throughout the 90s and early 2000s. The ISS wasn’t created by just one nation but an extensive collection of different national space agencies. The International Space Station was constructed between 19.
The longest time spent on the ISS by an astronaut is 340 days. The ISS is likely the single most expensive object ever built. Some of the experiments done on the ISS look deep into the stars. Most research conducted aboard the ISS focuses on living in space. The crew aboard the ISS can see the sunrise and set 16 times in 24 hours. Astronauts aboard the ISS have to do intense daily exercises. The International Space Station was constructed between 19. During STS-41G, she and Commander Dave Leestma successfully conducted a 3-1/2 hour Extravehicular Activity (EVA) to demonstrate the feasibility of actual satellite refueling. On OctoKatherine Sullivan was the first U.S. She and her crew launched aboard Space Shuttle Columbia on the STS-93 mission in July 1999. Collins was the first female commander of the space shuttle. Postal Service with a Black Heritage commemorative stamp.Įileen M. Bessie died in a flying accident in 1926 before she was able to achieve her goal of opening her own flight school. She received her pilot's certificate in 1921 in France and learned stunt-flying there. Its orbit carried it from a low of about 220 miles to a high of nearly 1,600 miles.īessie Coleman, known as "Queen Bess, Daredevil Aviator," was the first African-American woman aviator. Explorer 1 orbited the Earth every 115 minutes. The launch vehicle was an Army Jupiter-C rocket. Earth-orbiting satellite, was launched Janufrom Cape Canaveral, Florida. It takes about six hours for a Space Shuttle, aboard a crawler-transporter, to make the trip from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad preceding a mission.Įxplorer 1, the first U.S. Snoopy, the Peanuts Comic Strip character is the astronauts' personal safety mascot.Ĭolumbia was the first Space Shuttle that traveled to Earth orbit. Meal B included beef stew, cream of chicken soup, date fruitcake, grape punch, and orange drink. Meal A was bacon squares, peaches, sugar cookie cubes, coffee, and pineapple-grapefruit drink. Without refrigeration, carrots and celery must be eaten within the first two days of the flight or they will spoil.ĭid you know that to apply to be an astronaut a pilot must have completed 1000 hours of flying time in a jet aircraft?ĭuring Apollo 11, the astronauts ate two meals. The only exceptions are the fresh fruit and vegetables stowed in the fresh food locker. All food is precooked or processed so it requires no refrigeration and is either ready to eat or can be prepared simply by adding water or by heating. Foods are individually packaged and stowed for easy handling in the zero gravity of space. There is no set number of people in an astronaut candidate class NASA selects candidates on an as-needed basis.Įach Space Shuttle astronaut is allotted 3.8 pounds of food per day (including the one pound of packaging). It was named for ARMstrong, ALdrin and COLlins, the three Apollo 11 astronauts Have you ever heard of "Armalcolite"? Armalcolite is a mineral that was discovered at Tranquility Base by the Apollo 11 crew. Six Apollo missions landed on the moon: Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17. The flags were 4 inches x 6 inches.Īpollo 7, the first piloted Apollo mission, took place October 11-12, 1968, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham. 
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"Pete" Conrad - during the Apollo 12 Mission.ĭid you know that the Apollo 16 spacecraft were named after stars? The command module was "Caspar," and the lunar module was "Orion." Among the items taken to the moon on this mission were 25 U.S. The third human to walk on the surface of the Moon was Charles P. Mae Jemison? She was selected for the astronaut program in June 1987 and served as the science mission specialist on STS-47 Spacelab-J (September 12-20, 1992).Īpollo 10's command module was called "Charlie Brown" and the lunar module was called "Snoopy." Aerodynamics is the study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.ĭid you know that the first African-American woman in space was Dr. "Aerodynamics" comes from two Greek words: aerios (concerning the air) and dynamis (powerful). "ISS" is an acronym for International Space Station. The site requires that JavaScripts be enabled in your browser.
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