ISS
MISSION - SCI & TECH
News:
NASA to train an Indian
astronaut for ISS mission
What's
in the news?
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US space agency NASA will train an Indian
astronaut for a mission to the International Space Station by the end of 2024,
said the organisation’s administrator Bill Nelson during his Delhi visit.
Key
takeaways:
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Terming India as a “great future partner”, Nelson said that the US would
be open to collaborate on an Indian Space Station.
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The Prime Minister called on ISRO
scientists to set up an Indian Space
Station by 2035 and send an Indian to the moon by 2040.
International
Space Station:
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The International Space Station (ISS) is a
space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit.
Key
takeaways:
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Its first component launched into orbit in
1998, and the ISS is now the largest human-made body in low Earth orbit.
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It circles the Earth in roughly 92 minutes
and completes 15.5 orbits per day.
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The ISS was developed and built by five space agencies namely, NASA (USA),
Roscosmos (Russia), European Space Agency (ESA-Europe), JAXA (Japan) and the
Canadian Space Agency (CSA-Canada).
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The space station reached its full six-person crew size in 2009 as new
modules, laboratories and facilities were brought online.
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Current plans call for the space station
to be operated through at least 2020. NASA has requested an extension until 2024.