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Upgrading the International Space Station
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[z]Barbara Harris
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26.12.2006 00:00
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Upgrading the International Space Station
Explanation: The
International Space Station
(ISS) will be the largest human-made object ever to
orbit
the
Earth
. The
station
is so large that it could not be
launched
all at once -- it is being
built piecemeal
with large sections added continually by flights of the
Space Shuttle
. To function, the ISS needs
trusses
to keep it rigid and to route
electricity
and liquid coolants. These
trusses
are huge, extending over 15 meters long, and with masses over 10,000 kilograms.
Pictured above
earlier this month,
astronauts
Robert L. Curbeam
(USA) and
Christer Fuglesang
(Sweden) work to
attach a new truss segment
to the ISS and begin to upgrade the power grid.
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#97399
by
[z]bert
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26.12.2006 00:15
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ui. s'gross bild isch wiedermol... gross! traumhaft!