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International Space Station

The International Space Station in space
The International Space Station is a habitable vehicle in a low Earth orbit that serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory. An international collaboration, the space station began assembly in December 1998 and has been continually occupied since November 2000.

The International Space Station is a habitable vehicle in a low Earth orbit that serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory. An international collaboration, the space station began assembly in December 1998 and has been continually occupied since November 2000. Since then, more than 200 people from 15 countries have spent time aboard. With more than an acre of solar arrays powering the station, the space station is the second brightest object in the night sky after the Moon.

Launch: December 1998Operating Network: Near Space Network

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