International Space Station: 10 Interesting Facts

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The International Space Station or ISS is a permanently crewed on-orbit laboratory

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The ISS is a multi-nation construction project and was designed between 1984 and 1993

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The main construction of the International Space Station was completed between 1998 and 2011

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The International Space Station is 356 feet end-to-end and orbits Earth at an altitude of approximately 402 km

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The orbiting laboratory is the largest humanmade object ever to orbit Earth with a mass of over 4,00,000 kg

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It travels at 17,500 mph and orbits Earth every 90 minutes. 

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The ISS carries a crew of between 3 and 13 depending on the number of people and passenger vehicles during handover periods

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The ISS has hosted over 260 individuals from 21 countries in over 60 expeditions

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There have been over 260 spacewalks at the International Space Station since 1998

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The space agencies of the US, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada operate the ISS

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