THE INTERNATIONAL

SPACE STATION(ISS)
-MANKIND’S GREATEST COLLOBORATIVE FEAT
WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION?

• The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial

satellite, in low Earth orbit.
• The ISS is the largest human-made body in low Earth orbit and can often be seen with
the naked eye from Earth.
WHAT’S IN THIS PRESENTATION?

• PURPOSE OF SUCH A SPACE STATION

• HISTORY AND TIMELINE
• STRUCTURE
• SYSTEMS
• ORBIT
• SIGHTINGS
• A SHORT VIDEO
PURPOSE :
• The ISS serves as a microgravity and space environment research
laboratory in which crew members conduct experiments
in biology, human biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology, and other
fields.
• The station is suited for the testing of spacecraft systems and equipment
required for missions to the Moon and Mars.

FISH EYE VIEW OF SEVERAL LABS ISS CREW MEMBER STORING SAMPLES

COMET LOVEJOY PHOTOGRAPHED BY EXPEDITION 30

• FREE-FALL
• Gravity at the altitude of the ISS is approximately 90% as strong as at Earth's surface, but
objects in orbit are in a continuous state of freefall, resulting in an apparent state of
weightlessness.
• Researchers are investigating the effect of the station's near-weightless environment on
the evolution, development, growth and internal processes of plants and animals.

Proposed Nautilus-X International space station centrifuge demo

HISTORY AND TIMELINE :
• January 25, 1984
• President Reagan directs NASA to build the ISS

• November 20, 1998

• First ISS Segment Launches

• December 4, 1998
• First U.S.-built component launches

• November 2, 2000
• First Crew to Reside on Station
• February 7, 2001
• U.S. Lab Module Added

• February 7, 2008
• European Lab Joins the ISS

• March 11, 2008

• Japanese Lab Joins the ISS

INTERIOR OF DESTINY
COLUMBUS
• November 2, 2010
• ISS 10-Year Anniversary

KIBO
• February 14, 2011
• NASA Issues Cooperative Agreement

• July 13, 2011

• NASA Selects the ISS National Lab

• 2013
• The First ISS National Lab Research Flight

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ISS IN 2000 WITH Z1 TRUSS ADDED ISS IN 2002 WITH S0 TRUSS ADDED
 STRUCTURE :
• PRESSURISED MODULES :

• ZARYA ZARYA UNITY

• Zarya also known as the Functional Cargo Block was the first module of the
International Space Station to be launched.

• UNITY
• Unity or Node 1, is one of three nodes, or passive connecting modules, in the US Orbital
Segment of the station. It was the first US-built component of the Station to be
launched.
AIRLOCKS :

• QUEST
• Quest is the only USOS airlock, and hosts spacewalks with both United
States EMU and Russian Orlan spacesuits.

• LABORATORIES AND RESEARCH FACILITIES :

• COLUMBUS
• Columbus the primary research facility for European payloads aboard the ISS,
provides a generic laboratory as well as facilities specifically designed
for biology, biomedical research and fluid physics.
• KIBO
• KIBO is a laboratory and the largest ISS module. It is used for research in space medicine,
biology, Earth observations, materials production, biotechnology and communications, and
has facilities for growing plants and fish.

PRESSURIZED MODULE REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM EXPOSED FACILITY EXPERIMENT LOGISTICS MODULE

CUPOLLA RESEARCH MODULE LEONARDO REASEARCH MODULE

• ROBOTIC ARMS AND TRUSS STRUCTURES :

• The Integrated Truss Structure serves as a base for the station's primary
remote manipulator system, called the Mobile Servicing System (MSS),
which is composed of three main components:
• CANADARM2
• DEXTRE
• THE MOBILE BASE SYSTEM

STRELA CRANE

DEXTRE
SYSTEMS :
• ATMOSPHERIC CONTROL SYSTEMS :
• Earth-like atmospheric conditions have been maintained on all Russian and
Soviet spacecraft.
• The Elektron system aboard Zvezda and a similar system in Destiny generate
oxygen aboard the station.
• POWER AND THERMAL CONTROL :
• Double-sided solar, or Photovoltaic, arrays provide electrical power for the ISS.

ISS-EXTERNAL ACTIVE THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM

ORBIT :
• The ISS is maintained in a nearly circular orbit with a minimum mean altitude of
330 km (205 mi) and a maximum of 410 km (255 mi), in the centre of
the thermosphere, at an inclination of 51.6 degrees to Earth's equator.

GRAPH PATTERN OF HEIGHT

ORBIT OF ISS IN APRIL,2013
 SIGHTINGS

The ISS and HTV photographed from Earth

ISS SIGHTED OVER SUN DURING AN ECLIPSE

A time exposure of a station pass

“
UNITED WE STAND,DIVIDED WE FALL

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A PRESENTATION BY ECE-B(2018-2022) BATCH.

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