Saturday, January 10, 2009

The International Space Station

The International Space Station(ISS) is a research laboratory being assembled in outer space. The ISS is a joint project carried out by the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Japan, Canada, EU, Brazil and Italy.It is a fine example of international cooperation in science and space exploration. Here is nice presentation which shows the ISS construction and its modules. An interesting perspective of its size comared to the scifi ships can be found here another nice shot showing the scale of astronaut against the backdrop a section of ISS can be found here.

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