The International Space Station

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🗓️ 5 October 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada).^[7]^[8] The ownership and use of the space station is established by intergovernmental treaties and agreements.^[9] The station serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory in which scientific research is conducted in astrobiology, astronomy, meteorology, physics, and other fields.^[10]^[11]^[12] The ISS is suited for testing the spacecraft systems and equipment required for possible future long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars.

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0:05.3	Why would you think that would be a good answer?
0:07.6	You guys sound identical to the manager that petting suit right now.
0:10.6	This is a little ridiculous.
0:12.0	Surprise!
0:13.6	Whoa, dude!
0:15.5	What's with all the electronics and stuff?
0:17.5	And all these working guys?
0:19.3	It's for this week's episode.
0:21.5	I know how much you like the ISIS space station.
0:25.0	You know, the subject of this week's essay, and it took some doing,
0:27.8	but once I told the guys they could use our studio,
0:30.8	that they all came right down to check it out.
0:33.0	Oh, dude, that is so cool. Thank you.
0:36.0	Yeah.
0:37.2	Are these the guys in the hoods? Are they scientists?
0:40.2	Yes!
0:41.2	I didn't even realize scientists dressed like that, but apparently they do.
0:43.8	Yeah, they're all super friendly.
0:45.8	Is this dynamite?
0:48.8	No, Tom, it's probably like a space propulsion thing for the ISIS space station.
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