Sunday, September 16, 2012

Space Station

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The International Space Station takes up about the same area as an American
football field.









 



The International Space station is 79 yards (72.3 m) long,more than 118 yards (108.5 m) wide and 66 feet (20 m) tall.
 

It takes up about the area of an American football field. It can house a full-time crew of six
astronauts and cosmonauts at one time, and it can support additional
visitors.


The crew engages in scientific research while on board. The space station underwent an expansion in 2010, when the space shuttle Atlantis delivered the 18-foot-long (5.5-meter-long) Mini Research Module-1 to the
space station.


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