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Picture of the day -
May 16, 2006
Spectacular View Of The International Space Station
Photo courtesy of
NASA.
In August 2005, the space shuttle Discovery visited the International
Space Station and dropped off some much-needed supplies, then it un-docked
and flew away. As they was leaving, the Discovery crew snapped this amazing
photo of the orbiting Space Station as it flew more than 240 miles above the Caspian
Sea.
The International Space Station is so named because it was funded and built by
several nations working in partnership. These partners in space pioneering
include former arch-enemies America and Russia as well as Japan, Canada, and the
European Space Agency. This amazingly complex structure is the largest
human-made object ever to orbit the earth. It is so large in fact that light
reflected from it can easily be seen with the naked eye - even during the
daytime!
Interplanetary human space travel will most likely take place in the
not-so-distant future, beginning with a manned mission to
Mars.
Eventually, the bravest of the brave will venture on to more distant parts of
the solar system
- and beyond. But first there
are many things to learn and numerous problems to solve, and the International
Space Station is the laboratory where much of this critical research and testing
is being done.
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