As large as two football fields and weighing 1 million pounds is this International Space Station. It is visible in the night sky as a small and slowly moving point of light. In addition to many international working astronauts, so far four tourists have visited this station. Several plans are on the drawing board for a space hotel for tourists to go on vacation. The space station can help us for preparations needed to go to another planet.
It is currently being assembled in Low Earth orbit. On-orbit construction of the station began in 1998 and is scheduled for completion by 2011, with operations continuing till 2015. The ISS serves as a long-term research laboratory in Space.
Some Image links: ISS1, ISS2, ISS3, ISS4, ISS5, ISS6, ISS7, ISS8, ISS9, ISS10.
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