RACHEL EDGERLY
JUNE 29, 2015
LIFTOFF 2015
CREATED BY 5 SPACE AGENCIES
REPRESENTING 15 NATIONS
Canadian Space Agency
European Space Agency
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Russian Federal Space Agency
AS BIG AS A FOOTBALL FIELD
Every day, station travels the equivalent
distance to the moon and back seeing:
Mass: ~1 million lb (~454,000 kg)
16 sunrises / 16 sunsets
Velocity: 17,500 mph (28,100 kph)
24 hours a day
Altitude: 220 miles (350 km) above Earth
7 days a week
365 days a year
See the station above your house http://spotthestation.nasa.gov
CURRENT EXPEDITION
MISSION PATCHES
STS-114 (July 2005)
• Signifies the return of the Space Shuttle to flight and honors the memory of the
STS-107 Columbia crew.
• Blue Shuttle rising above Earth's horizon includes the Columbia constellation of
seven stars, echoing the STS-107 patch and commemorating the seven
members of that mission
• Dominant design element of the STS-114 patch is the planet Earth, which
represents the unity and dedication of the many people whose efforts allow the
Shuttle to safely return to flight
• Against the background of the Earth at night, the blue orbit represents the
International Space Station (ISS)
• Mission Specialists Soichi Noguchi, Stephen Robinson and Andrew Thomas,
who will work on the Station during spacewalks, are named on the orbit
• Red sun on the orbit signifies the contributions of the Japanese Space Agency
to the mission and to the ISS program
• Multi-colored Shuttle plume represents the broad spectrum of challenges for
this mission, including Shuttle inspection and repair experiments, and
International Space Station re-supply and repair.
MANNED VEHICLE
Mass: ~15,000 lb (~7,000 kg)
Russian Soyuz TMA Spacecraft
Descent Velocity: 6.6 feet per second
Size: 22.9 ft in length and 8.9 ft in diameter
INTERNATIONAL CARGO FLEET
Progress (Roscosmos)
Automated Transfer Vehicle
(ESA)
H-II Transfer Vehicle (JAXA)
COMMERCIAL SPACE MARKET
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Cygnus (Orbital)
Dragon (SpaceX)
The International Space Station facilitates the growth of a robust
commercial market in low-Earth orbit for scientific research, technology
development, and human and cargo transportation
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
The International Space Station is a blueprint for global cooperation,
enabling a U.S.-led multinational partnership that advances shared
goals in space exploration.
SPACE LABORATORY
The International Space Station is advancing scientific objectives in
Earth, space, physical, and biological sciences,
returning benefits to humanity.
WORLD WIDE PARTICIPATION
82 countries and areas have participated in
International Space Station Research and Education Activities
Since 1998, over 1700 scientific investigations have been
conducted onboard
SPINOFFS
Liquid Cooling Technology Increases Exercise Efficiency:
To keep astronauts’ airtight spacesuits from becoming hot and humid,
Ames Research Center developed liquid cooling garments that were
integrated into each suit’s long underwear. Vasper Systems, in San
Jose, California, is using the technology in its liquid-cooled
compression cuffs, which help people exercise more efficiently by
concentrating lactic acid in their muscles
Read about more 2015 NASA Spinoffs http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2015/pdf/2015_Brochure_Web.pdf
TOP 10 ISS RESEARCH RESULTS
1. Preventing Loss of Bone Mass in
Space Through Diet and Exercise
2. Understanding Mechanisms of
Osteoporosis and New Drug
Treatments
3. Hyperspectral Imaging for Water
Quality in Coastal bays
4. Colloid Self Assembly Using
Electrical Fields for Nanomaterials
5. New Process of “Cool Flame”
combustion
6. Pathway for Bacterial Pathogens to
Become Virulent
7. 43 Million Students and Counting
(number of students touched by the
ISS’s educational endeavors)
8. Dark Matter is Still Out There
9. Robotic Assist for Brain Surgery
10. New targeted Method for
Chemotherapy Drug Delivery
ONE YEAR MISSION
SPACE EXPLORATION
The International Space Station is a test bed for cutting-edge research
and technologies that will enable human and robotic exploration of
destinations beyond low-Earth orbit, including asteroid and Mars.
LINKS
ISS on NASA.GOV
http://www.nasa.gov/station
ISS Research Blog “A Lab Aloft”
http://blogs.nasa.gov/ISS_Science_Blog/
ISS Research & Technology
http://go.nasa.gov/stationresearch
International Partners on Twitter
@csa_asc
@esa
@fka_roscosmos
@jaxa_en
YouTube
ReelNasa
InsideISS
Twitter
@Space_Station
@ISSCASIS
@ISS_Research
@NASA
Find current astronauts
on Twitter
@NASA_Astronauts
GLOBAL LAUNCH AND CONTROL OPERATIONS
Saint-Hubert, Canada
Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Tsukuba, Japan
Houston, Texas
Hawthorne, California
Tanegashima, Japan
Huntsville, Alabama
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Moscow, Russia
Toulouse, France
Wallops Island, Virginia
Kourou, French Guiana
Baikonur, Kazakhstan