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International Space Station

Also known as ISS, NA1SS, Station Alpha

The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station in low Earth orbit (LEO). It is the product of the International Space Station program and is operated by five partner space agencies: NASA, Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada). It is the first space station built, maintained and crewed through international cooperation and the largest human spacecraft ever constructed. It is an orbital research station, where scientific experiments in microgravity are conducted and the space environment is studied. Since 2 November 2000, it has hosted the longest continuous presence of humans in space. Alongside Tiangong, it is one of the only two currently operational space stations.

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The International Space Station is a massive spacecraft orbiting Earth that is jointly operated by space agencies from the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada, making it the largest human spacecraft ever built through international teamwork. Scientists use it as an orbiting laboratory to conduct experiments in microgravity and study space itself, and it has continuously housed humans in orbit since 2000, making it humanity's longest-lasting presence in space.

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Mass: 419725
Orbital period: 92.88
Official website: www.nasa.gov/international-space-station
Image: The station pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon 5 (cropped).jpg
Width: 94.5
Length: 66.4

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The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station in low Earth orbit (LEO). It is the product of the International Space Station program and is operated by five partner space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada). It is the first space station built, maintained and crewed through international cooperation and the largest human spacecraft ever constructed. It is an orbital research station, where scientific experiments in microgravity are conducted and the space environment is studied. Since 2 November 2000, it has hosted the longest continuous presence of humans in space. Alongside Tiangong, it is one of the only two currently operational space stations.

The station orbits between 51.64° north and south, at about 400 kilometres (250 miles) above Earth, below the Van Allen radiation belts and most space debris. Its orbit takes it at 7.67 km/s (27,600 km/h; 17,200 mph) roughly every 93 minutes around Earth, 15.5 times a day. Measuring 109 m (358 ft) (with solar arrays) by 73 m (239 ft), it is as large as a full-sized football or soccer field, and has a pressurised internal volume of 1,005 m (35,491 ft), comparable to a Boeing 747 airliner.