RACHEL EDGERLY JUNE 29,
2015 LIFTOFF
2015
CREATED BY 5 SPACE AGENCIES
REPRESENTING 15 NATIONS
Canadian Space Agency
European Space Agency
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Russian Federal Space Agency
AS BIG AS A FOOTBALL FIELD
Mass:
Velocity:
Altitude:
Every day, station travels the equivalent distance to the moon and back seeing:
~1 million lb (~454,000 kg)
17,500 mph (28,100 kph)
220 miles (350 km) above Earth
16 sunrises / 16 sunsets
24 hours a day
7 days a week
365 days a year
See the station above your house http://spotthestation.nasa.gov
CURRENT EXPEDITION
MISSION PATCHES
STS-114 (July 2005) • Signifies the return of the Space Shuttle to flight and honors the memory of the
STS-107 Columbia crew. • Blue Shuttle rising above Earth's horizon includes the Columbia constellation
of seven stars, echoing the STS-107 patch and commemorating the seven members of that mission
• Dominant design element of the STS-114 patch is the planet Earth, which represents the unity and dedication of the many people whose efforts allow the Shuttle to safely return to flight
• Against the background of the Earth at night, the blue orbit represents the International Space Station (ISS)
• Mission Specialists Soichi Noguchi, Stephen Robinson and Andrew Thomas, who will work on the Station during spacewalks, are named on the orbit
• Red sun on the orbit signifies the contributions of the Japanese Space Agency to the mission and to the ISS program
• Multi-colored Shuttle plume represents the broad spectrum of challenges for this mission, including Shuttle inspection and repair experiments, and International Space Station re-supply and repair.
MANNED VEHICLE
Mass:
Descent Velocity:
Size:
~15,000 lb (~7,000 kg)
6.6 feet per second
22.9 ft in length and 8.9 ft in diameter
Russian Soyuz TMA Spacecraft
INTERNATIONAL CARGO FLEET
Progress (Roscosmos)
Automated Transfer Vehicle (ESA)
H-II Transfer Vehicle (JAXA)
COMMERCIAL SPACE MARKET
Cygnus (Orbital) Dragon (SpaceX)
The International Space Station facilitates the growth of a robust commercial market in low-Earth orbit for scientific research, technology
development, and human and cargo transportation
CARGO
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
The International Space Station is a blueprint for global cooperation, enabling a U.S.-led multinational partnership that advances shared
goals in space exploration.
SPACE LABORATORY
The International Space Station is advancing scientific objectives in Earth, space, physical, and biological sciences,
returning benefits to humanity.
82 countries and areas have participated in
International Space Station Research and Education Activities
Since 1998, over 1700 scientific investigations have been
conducted onboard
WORLD WIDE PARTICIPATION
Liquid Cooling Technology Increases Exercise Efficiency:To keep astronauts’ airtight spacesuits from becoming hot and humid, Ames Research Center developed liquid cooling garments that were integrated into each suit’s long underwear. Vasper Systems, in San Jose, California, is using the technology in its liquid-cooled compression cuffs, which help people exercise more efficiently by concentrating lactic acid in their muscles
SPINOFFS
Read about more 2015 NASA Spinoffs http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2015/pdf/2015_Brochure_Web.pdf
1. Preventing Loss of Bone Mass in Space Through Diet and Exercise
2. Understanding Mechanisms of Osteoporosis and New Drug Treatments
3. Hyperspectral Imaging for Water Quality in Coastal bays
4. Colloid Self Assembly Using Electrical Fields for Nanomaterials
5. New Process of “Cool Flame” combustion
6. Pathway for Bacterial Pathogens to Become Virulent
7. 43 Million Students and Counting (number of students touched by the ISS’s educational endeavors)
8. Dark Matter is Still Out There9. Robotic Assist for Brain Surgery10. New targeted Method for
Chemotherapy Drug Delivery
TOP 10 ISS RESEARCH RESULTS
ONE YEAR MISSION
SPACE EXPLORATION
The International Space Station is a test bed for cutting-edge research and technologies that will enable human and robotic exploration of destinations beyond low-Earth orbit, including asteroid and Mars.
LINKS
ISS on NASA.GOVhttp://www.nasa.gov/stationISS Research Blog “A Lab Aloft”http://blogs.nasa.gov/ISS_Science_Blog/ISS Research & Technologyhttp://go.nasa.gov/stationresearch
Twitter@Space_Station @ISSCASIS@ISS_Research@NASA
International Partners on Twitter
@csa_asc
@esa
@fka_roscosmos
@jaxa_en
Find current astronauts on Twitter@NASA_Astronauts
YouTubeReelNasaInsideISS
Saint-Hubert, Canada
Houston, Texas
Huntsville, Alabama
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Kourou, French Guiana
Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Toulouse, France
Tsukuba, Japan
Tanegashima, Japan
Wallops Island, Virginia
Hawthorne, California
Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Moscow, Russia
GLOBAL LAUNCH AND CONTROL OPERATIONS