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Life Inside The International Space Station

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What are the Mars rovers?

Mars is a fascinating planet. It's icy cold and covered in reddish dust and dirt. Like Earth, it has volcanoes, gullies, and flat plains. Scientists can also see channels that look like they were carved by rivers and streams a long, long time ago. Over the years, we've sent four robotic vehicles, or rovers, to learn more about Mars. And NASA's fifth Mars rover, Perseverance, landed on the Red Planet in February 2021!

Meet the Team:

Click on each card below to find out what we've learned from each Mars rover.

Why are rovers so important?

Since the 1970s, scientists have been sending spacecraft to Mars. Several different types of spacecraft have been sent to the Red Planet over the years, and they all have different specialties. One type, called orbiters, orbit Mars, taking pictures as they zoom around the planet. Other spacecraft, called landers, provide photos and information from their landing spots on the surface of Mars.

Rovers have wheels and specialize in moving around. They land on the surface of Mars and drive around to different spots.

Rovers help scientists in their quest to understand what different parts of the planet are made of. Mars is made up of lots of different types of rocks, and each rock is made up of a mixture of chemicals. A rover can drive around to different areas, studying the different chemicals in each rock. These chemicals can tell scientists something about the environments that changed that rock over time.

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The stars were always within reach for Katherine Johnson. Using her mathematics skills, she helped NASA send astronauts to the moon and return them safely home. She also overcame racial and gender hurdles that helped make giant leaps for humankind.

Johnson was born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, on August 26, 1918. Math came easy to her, but she worked hard to master geometry and algebra. She started high school when she was just 10 years old (most kids are in fourth or fifth grade when they're 10!) and college when she was 15. After she graduated with honors at 18, Johnson taught Black students math. She later enrolled in graduate school at West Virginia University to study math but left early to raise a family and return to teaching.

In 1952, when she was 34 years old, she learned about jobs for Black women with mathematics and computing skills at the Langley laboratory at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which would later become NASA. She and the other women worked as "human computers," figuring out the difficult calculations needed for spaceflight. During her time there, she broke racial barriers, like using the bathroom that was supposed to be for white women only.

One of her biggest accomplishments at NASA was helping calculate the trajectory, or path, of the country's first human spaceflight in 1961, making sure astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., had a safe trip. A year later she helped figure out John Glenn's orbit of the planet, another American first. In 1969, she calculated the trajectories of Neil Armstrong's historic mission to the moon on Apollo 11.

Yet unlike the white male astronauts she helped launch into space, no one knew of the groundbreaking work Johnson and dozens of other Black women did for NASA and space exploration. It wasn't until the 2016 release of the movie Hidden Figures that these women received widespread recognition.

Johnson died on February 24, 2020, at the age of 101. In her honor, NASA had dedicated the Katherine G. Johnson Computational Research Facility at the Langley Research Center to commemorate the hard work she did to help take them to the stars.

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How this math whiz helped explorers reach new worlds

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In February, 2021, a robotic rover named Perseverance landed on Mars after an eight-month journey. Like a science lab on wheels, the robot explores the red planet to help determine if life ever existed here-and help to prepare the planet for human exploration. Follow its incredible journey.

Perseverance has everything it needs to collect samples and conduct experiments, from a weather station to a robotic arm to x-ray devices to panoramic cameras. For instance, it can look for signs of past life in Martian rocks and test a method for producing oxygen from the Martian air, which future human explorers will need. The rover even has a helicopter drone strapped to its belly!

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On February 18, 2021, a robotic rover named Perseverance is scheduled to land on Mars after an eight-month journey. Like a science lab on wheels, the robot will explore the red planet to help determine if life ever existed here-and help to prepare the planet for human exploration.

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On July 20, 1969, millions of people gathered around their televisions to watch two U.S. astronauts do something no one had ever done before. Wearing bulky space suits and backpacks of oxygen to breathe, Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first human beings to walk on the moon.

After the two stepped onto the lunar surface, Armstrong proclaimed these famous words: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

SPACE RACE

Humans were only able to make that small step after several other space firsts happened. In 1957 the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched into space by Russia. The United States launched several satellites of their own afterward. Both countries hoped to be the first to send a human into space.

It wasn't until 1961 that a person went to space: On April 12, Russia's Yuri Gagarin became the first. Less than a month later the United States' Alan Shepard became the first American in space. Following these milestones, President John F. Kennedy issued a challenge to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to put a human on the moon in 10 years or less.

NASA went to work. On July 16, 1969, the spacecraft Apollo 11 prepared to launch a crew of three astronauts into space ... and the history books.

MOON WALK

NASA officials selected Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins as the astronauts who would make the historic trip from Earth on Apollo 11. Just four days after launching from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the spacecraft neared the moon's surface.

Before touching down, the three men split up. Collins boarded Apollo 11's command module, the Columbia, where he would remain in orbit around the moon. Armstrong and Aldrin boarded Apollo 11's lunar module, the Eagle, and began to descend to the moon's surface.

The Eagle made a risky landing in a shallow moon crater named the Sea of Tranquility. (Most people watching the landing on TV didn't know that the Eagle had only 20 seconds of landing fuel left at this point.) Armstrong and Aldrin looked out the windows of the module at the lifeless and barren lunar landscape.

After six and a half hours pass, the pair inside the Eagle prepared to exit the module. As mission commander, Armstrong stepped out first ... and became the first person on the moon.

Twenty minutes later, Aldrin climbed down the ladder and joined his partner. After reading a plaque that said they "came in peace for all mankind," the two planted the United States' flag on the surface. President Richard Nixon called to congratulate the astronauts.

Armstrong and Aldrin went back to work collecting samples of moon rocks and dust. After over two hours, the astronauts brought 47 pounds back onto the lunar module and prepared to rejoin Collins. It was time to go home.

DOWN TO EARTH

The Apollo 11 crew returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. Over the next several years, 10 astronauts would follow in Armstrong and Aldrin's footsteps. The last mission to the moon was in 1972.

Though humans haven't returned to the moon since, they have continued to explore space. They even built the International Space Station (ISS), a space research station, where they can conduct experiments and study space up close.

Today NASA is working on sending humans to another planet: Mars. Thanks to the Apollo 11 moon landing, NASA is hopeful about its chances. The act of putting three people on the moon-and then safely bringing them back home-proved that successful human exploration in space is possible.

Text adapted from Ladders Earth Science: Exploring Above and Beyond by Stephanie Harvey and Space Encyclopedia: A Tour of Our Solar System and Beyond byDavid A. Aguilar and Patricia Daniels

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Join legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin and the Apollo 11 crew on their mission to be the first humans to land on the moon in this pop-up book To the Moon and Back: My Apollo 11 Adventure.

Are you ready to put together your very own lunar module?

Grab the punch-out card that came in your book, and follow these assembly instructions from the book. And check out the video for more step-by-step instructions.

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In 1969 U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon. Millions of people watched on television as Armstrong stepped out of his spacecraft and…

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A satellite is a small object that orbits, or revolves around, a larger object in space. Satellites can be natural or artificial (made by people). All the planets in the solar system except Mercury and Venus have natural satellites. Earth's Moon is one example. Artificial satellites are sent into space to gather information. Most are launched into space by rockets.

The first artificial satellite was Sputnik 1. The Soviet Union launched it into orbit around Earth in 1957. The first successful U.S. satellite was Explorer 1. It was launched in 1958. Now dozens of new satellites are put into space every year. They orbit around Earth as well as the Moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and other bodies.

Artificial satellites have many purposes. Scientific satellites collect information about space. The Hubble Space Telescope is a scientific satellite that orbits around Earth. It sees the sky more clearly than telescopes on the ground. Communications satellites help send telephone calls, radio and television programs, and computer information all over the world. Airplanes, ships, and cars with special equipment can use information from satellites to find the way from place to place. Militaries use satellites for spying. Satellites are used in weather forecasting, too.

A space station is a special kind of satellite used by astronauts. Astronauts can live on a space station for months while they gather information and do experiments.

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What is the Perseverance rover?

Rovers on Mars have collected evidence of water and some of the chemical building blocks of life. Scientists think it might be possible that life existed on Mars a long time ago. If there were living things, they were probably teeny tiny little organisms-something like bacteria here on Earth. But, did life actually ever get started on Mars?

The Mars 2020 mission hopes to answer that question. The mission sent a rover very similar to Curiosity to explore the rocks, dirt, and air on Mars. Like Curiosity, the Perseverance rover is the size of a small SUV. The new rover has a different goal and different instruments. It will look directly for signs of past life on Mars.

The new rover will also experiment with a natural resource that would be helpful in planning a human mission to Mars.

The atmosphere of Mars is made mostly of a gas called carbon dioxide. But many living things (including humans) need oxygen to breathe. If a human were to go to Mars, they would have to bring lots of oxygen. However, there isn't much room on the spacecraft to carry liquid oxygen.

The rover will test a method for getting oxygen from the air in the Martian atmosphere. This will help NASA plan for the best designs to send human astronauts to explore Mars one day.

Perseverance landed in a region of Mars called Jezero Crater. This crater is interesting to scientists because it is a very old region of Mars, and it may have once been the site of an ancient river delta. The rocks in this region could tell us about the history of the Red Planet and may have preserved signatures of past life on Mars.

When will Perseverance get to Mars?

The Perseverance rover launched from Earth on July 30, 2020 and it arrived safely on Mars on February 18, 2021. Stay tuned on the Perseverance rover's website for updates!

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This future mission will try to find out if life ever existed on the Red Planet!

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Station statistics

COSPAR ID

1998-067A

SATCAT №

25544

Call sign

Alpha, Station

Crew

Fully crewed: 6
Currently aboard: 3
(Expedition 60)

Launch

20 November 1998; 24 years ago

Launch pad

Mass

≈ 419,725 kg (925,335 lb)

Length

72.8 m (239 ft)

Width

108.5 m (356 ft)

Height

≈ 20 m (66 ft)
nadir-zenith, arrays forward-aft
(27 November 2009)

Pressurised volume

931.57 m ³ (32,898 cu ft)
(28 May 2016)

Atmospheric pressure

101.3 kPa (29.9 inHg; 1.0 atm)

Perigee

408 km (253.5 mi) AMSL

Apogee

410 km (254.8 mi) AMSL

Orbital inclination

51.64 °

Orbital speed

7.66 km/s
(27,600 km/h; 17,100 mph)

Orbital period

92.68 minutes

Orbits per day

15.54

Orbit epoch

14 May 2019 13:09:29 UTC

Days in orbit

24 years, 10 months, 25 days
(16 October 2023)

Days occupied

22 years, 11 months, 13 days
(16 October 2023)

No. of orbits

116,178 as of May 2019

Orbital decay

2 km/month

Statistics as of 9 March 2011
(unless noted otherwise)

Configuration

The International Space Station ( ISS) is a space station, a very large satellite that people can live in for several months at a time. It was put together in Low Earth orbit up until 2011, but other bits have been added since then. The last part, a Bigelow module was added in 2016. The station is a joint project among several countries: the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. Other nations such as Brazil, Italy, and China also work with the ISS through cooperation with other countries.

Building the ISS began in 1998, when Russian and American space modules were joined together.

In the early 1980s, NASA planned Space Station Freedom as a counterpart to the Soviet Salyut and Mir space stations. It never left the drawing board and, with the end of the Soviet Union and the Cold War, it was cancelled. The end of the Space race prompted the U.S. administration officials to start negotiations with international partners Europe, Russia, Japan and Canada in the early 1990s in order to build a truly international space station. This project was first announced in 1993 and was called Space Station Alpha. It was planned to combine the proposed space stations of all participating space agencies: NASA's Space Station Freedom, Russia's Mir-2 (the successor to the Mir Space Station, the core of which is now Zvezda) and ESA's Columbus that was planned to be a stand-alone spacelab.

Manufacturing

The ISS components was manufactured in various factories all over the world, and were all shipped into the Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center for last stages of manufacturing, machine assembly and launch processing. The components are made from stainless steel, titanium, aluminum and copper.

The assembly of the International Space Station is a great event in space architecture. Russian modules launched and docked by their rockets. All other pieces were delivered by the Space Shuttle. As of 5 June 2011, they had added 159 components during more than 1,000 hours of astronaut work in space. Many of the modules that launched on the Space Shuttle were tested on the ground at the Space Station Processing Facility to find and correct problems before launch.

The first section, the Zarya Functional Cargo Block, was put in orbit in November 1998 on a Russian Proton rocket. Two further pieces (the Unity Module and Zvezda service module) were added before the first crew, Expedition 1, was sent. Expedition 1 docked to the ISS on 1 November 2000, and consisted of U.S. astronaut William Shepherd and two Russian cosmonauts, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergey Krikalev.

Life in space

People living in the space station have to get used to all kinds of changes from life on Earth. It takes them only 90 minutes to orbit (go around) the earth, so the sun looks as if it is rising and setting 16 times a day. This can be confusing, especially when one is trying to decide when they should go to bed. The astronauts try to keep a 24-hour-schedule anyway. At bedtime, they have to sleep in sleeping bags that are stuck to the wall. They have to strap themselves inside so they will not float away while sleeping.

Zero gravity

In orbit there is no G-Force (this is called free fall or zero gravity). To help prepare astronauts experience zero gravity, NASA trainers put the astronauts in water. Because water makes one float, this is a little like experiencing no gravity. However, in water they can push against the water and move around. In zero gravity, there is nothing to push against, so they just floats in the air. Another way of training is going in a plane and making the plane fall to earth very quickly. This lets people experience zero gravity for a very short time. This training can make people quite sick at first.

In zero gravity, the astronauts do not use their legs very much, so they need to get lots of exercise to keep them from becoming too weak. Without gravity, astronauts can get big upper bodies and skinny legs. This is called chicken-leg syndrome. Astronauts must exercise hard, every day, to remain healthy.

Eating in space style is difficult. Water and other liquids do not flow down in space, so if any were spilled in the space station, it would float around everywhere. Liquids can ruin electronic equipment, so astronauts have to be very careful in space. They drink by sucking water out of a bag, or from a tube stuck to the wall. They cannot put their food on plates because it would just float right off, so they put it in pouches and eat from the pouches. The food they eat is usually dried, because any crumbs can ruin the equipment.
Sometimes fresh fruits and vegetables are sent up to the astronauts, but it is very expensive and hard to send it, so they have to bring plenty of food with them.

Actually, in space, the bathroom should probably be called the restroom instead, because one really can not take baths there. Instead, astronauts use squirt guns to take a shower. One person squirts himself with a gun while other people stand outside with a water vacuum to get rid of all the water that floats out of the shower. This is quite hard, so astronauts usually just take a "sponge bath" with a wet cloth.
Toilets can be another problem. Toilets are supposed to use gravity to work. When one flush the toilet, gravity makes the water go down. Since the astronauts on the ISS do not feel any gravity, the toilet must be attached to the astronauts and gently suck away all their waste.

Images for kids

Original Jules Verne manuscripts displayed by crew inside the Jules Verne ATV

A wide-angle view of the new module (behind Rassvet) attached to the ROS as seen from the cupola

Modified passive forward port for experiment airlock near the nadir end of Nauka

The communications systems used by the ISS * Luch and the Space Shuttle are not in use as of 2020

Rendering of the ISS Visiting Vehicle Launches, Arrivals and Departures. Live link at nasa.gov.

The crews of Expedition 20 and STS-127 enjoy a meal inside Unity.

Many ISS resupply spacecraft have already undergone atmospheric re-entry, such as Jules Verne ATV

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Introduction
Science in Seconds (www.scienceinseconds.com)

The International Space Station (ISS) is a spacecraft in Earth orbit that is used as a base for scientific research. The station is a collection of separate modules, or units, that were launched into space and then linked together. The ISS is continuously occupied by astronauts as it orbits Earth. The United States and Russia worked together to build and maintain the space station, with the assistance of several other countries. In 2022 Russia announced that it would end its participation in the project after 2024.

Beginnings
The project began as a U.S. effort under President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. He authorized the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to build a space station within 10 years. However, funding and technical problems delayed the project. In the 1990s officials redesigned the station to reduce costs. In 1993 the United States and Russia agreed to merge their separate space station plans into a single facility. The European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan contributed to the task.

Construction
The assembly of the ISS began in 1998 when U.S. space shuttle astronauts linked a Russian control module and a U.S.-built connecting node while in orbit. In mid-2000 a Russian-built habitat and control center was added to the station. Later that year the ISS received its first resident crew-two Russians and an American. Astronauts subsequently joined a NASA laboratory and other elements to the station. The overall plan called for other laboratories and habitats to be attached over several years. Besides the United States and Russia, Canada, Japan, Brazil, and 11 ESA members helped with the station construction.

Operations
The early research work of ISS astronauts focused on investigations in the weightless environment. After the breakup of the space shuttle Columbia in 2003, the shuttle fleet was grounded. That halted expansion of the station. Meanwhile, the crew was reduced from three to two, and they focused on station upkeep rather than on research. Crews flew to and from the ISS in Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

After the shuttle resumed regular flights in 2006, the ISS crew size was increased to three. Three more laboratories were installed within the next few years. With all its modules and solar panels, the ISS is as large as a football field and weighs about 1 million pounds (454,000 kilograms). Since 2009 it usually has hosted a six-person crew but has held up to 13 astronauts at one time. Each astronaut usually stays at the station for about six months. Ground-control workers monitor and control the space station. The ISS keeps two Soyuz shuttles docked at the station at all times in case the astronauts need to evacuate.

After completion of the ISS, American officials retired the space shuttle from service in 2011. Thereafter, space vehicles from Russia, Japan, and the ESA serviced the station. Astronauts used Soyuz spacecraft to reach the ISS. Two private American companies, SpaceX and Boeing, developed spacecraft for carrying cargo and astronauts to the space station as well. SpaceX's Dragon was the first private spacecraft to carry astronauts to the station.

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The International Space Station is a large spacecraft. It orbits around Earth. It is a home where astronauts live. The space station is also a science lab. Many countries worked together to build it. They also work together to use it. The space station is made of many pieces. The pieces were put together in space by astronauts. The space station's orbit is approximately 250 miles above Earth. NASA uses the station to learn about living and working in space. These lessons will help NASA explore space.

How Old Is the Space Station?

The first piece of the International Space Station was launched in 1998. A Russian rocket launched that piece. After that, more pieces were added. Two years later, the station was ready for people. The first crew arrived on November 2, 2000. People have lived on the space station ever since. Over time more pieces have been added. NASA and its partners around the world finished the space station in 2011.

How Big Is the Space Station?

The space station is as big inside as a house with five bedrooms. It has two bathrooms, a gymnasium and a big bay window. Six people are able to live there. It weighs almost a million pounds. It is big enough to cover a football field including the end zones. It has science labs from the United States, Russia, Japan and Europe.

What Are the Parts of the Space Station?

The space station is a home in orbit. People have lived in space every day since the year 2000. The space station's labs are where crew members do research. This research could not be done on Earth.

Scientists study what happens to people when they live in space. NASA has learned how to keep a spacecraft working for a long time. These lessons will be important in the future.

NASA has a plan to send humans deeper into space than ever before. The space station is one of the first steps. NASA will use lessons from the space station to get astronauts ready for the journey ahead.

On the sides of the space station are solar arrays. These arrays collect energy from the sun. They turn sunlight into electricity. Robot arms are attached outside. The robot arms helped to build the space station. They also can move astronauts around outside and control science experiments.

Airlocks on the space station are like doors. Astronauts use them to go outside on spacewalks.

Docking ports are like doors, too. The ports allow visiting spacecraft to connect to the space station. New crews and visitors enter the station through the docking ports. Astronauts fly to the space station on the Russian Soyuz. The crew members use the ports to move supplies onto the station.

Why Is the Space Station Important?

The space station is a home in orbit. People have lived in space every day since the year 2000. The space station's labs are where crew members do research. This research could not be done on Earth.

Scientists study what happens to people when they live in space. NASA has learned how to keep a spacecraft working for a long time. These lessons will be important in the future.

NASA has a plan to send humans deeper into space than ever before. The space station is one of the first steps. NASA will use lessons from the space station to get astronauts ready for the journey ahead.

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In 1951 Jackson began work at the West Area Computing unit at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in Hampton. The unit was made up of African American female mathematicians. Known as the West Computers for their mathematical computations, these women provided data that was essential to the success of the U.S. space program.

The West Computers were segregated from white employees. They were forced to use separate bathrooms and dining facilities. In 1958 NACA became NASA, and all segregated facilities were closed.

In 1953 Jackson moved out of the West Area Computing unit. She conducted experiments with engineer Kazimierz Czarnecki. Czarnecki suggested that Jackson enter a training program that would allow her to become an engineer. She had to obtain special permission to take classes with white students. At the time, Virginia's schools were segregated. Jackson did receive permission, however, and she completed the necessary courses. In 1958 Jackson became NASA's first Black female engineer.

Jackson worked as an engineer until 1979, when she became the manager of the women's program at NASA. She worked hard to improve the opportunities for all women in NASA. She retired in 1985.

Jackson died on February 11, 2005, in Hampton. She and other West Computers- Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan-were the inspiration for Margot Lee Shetterly's book Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race. The book was made into a movie as well. Both the book and the movie appeared in 2016.

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