On October 1, 2000, NASA’s veteran astronaut William ‘Shape’ Bharwad left Earth on a trip to the International Space Station (ISS), with the distinction of being the first commander – beginning a continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit for nearly two decades. Two days later, the crew members of ‘Expedition 1’ arrived at the station and started bringing it to life. His primary tasks during his four-month mission include working with three visit space shuttle crews to install and activate life support and communications systems and to continue the assembly of the ISS. The trio returned to Earth in March 2001, turning the ISS into the next crew – ‘Expedition 2’.
September 5, 2012 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshid, an Expedition 32 flight engineer, uses a digital still camera to reveal a photo of his helmet visor during the third session of the mission’s extraterritorial activity. Over the course of six hours, the 28-minute spacewalk, Hoshide and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams (seen in reflection of Hoshid’s helmet visor), flight engineer, completed the installation of the main bus switching unit, which was interrupted by potential mismatch and damaged threads. Where the bolt must be placed. They also installed a camera on the International Space Station’s robotic arm, CanadaDerm 2.
Now, two decades later, NASA is celebrating 20 years of continuous human presence on the International Space Station – a massive construction made of aluminum, titanium and human ingenuity. As large as a football field, the space station has a 360-foot (110 m) integrated ‘backbone’ truss structure, four sets of 112-foot-long (34 m) solar arenas, and 16 pressure modules with crew living quarters. And laboratories. Designed, fabricated and tested by NASA and its 15 partner countries, its elements were launched for one orbit after another over a 13-year period.
November 3, 2007 – Astronaut Scott Parazensky, STS-120 mission specialist, participates in the fourth session of the mission’s extracurricular activity while the space shuttle discovery is docked with international space while the orbiter restrained on foot at the end of the boom sensor system. Station. During the 7-hour, 19-minute spacewalk, Parazensky cut snagged wires to homemade stabilizers designed to strengthen the structure and stability of the damaged solar array. Astronaut Doug Wheelock (out of frame) assisted the truss by keeping an eye on the distance between Parazensky and Array. Once the repairs were completed, flight controllers on the ground successfully completed the deployment of the array.
NASA and its international partners assembled the space station into orbit, delivering modules, truss segments and other elements via 37 space shuttle flights and four useless Russian launches. To date, more than 240 individuals from 19 countries have spent time on the station, operating some 230 spacewalks to date. There have been more than 3,000 research studies involving scientists from more than 100 countries. Celebrate the landmark by seeing some of the highlights of the International Space Station from the last 20 years and read more news related to ISS on our dedicated page. Here.
March 19, 2011 – During some free time, NASA astronaut KD Coleman, mission 27 flight engineer, plays the flute at the JAXA Kibo Laboratory aboard the International Space Station.
May 30, 1999 – Astronaut Tamara Jગrnigan, in the rear of the terrain, shows part of a Russian built crane called Strella (Russian word meaning ‘arrow’). Jernigan’s legs are anchored at a mobile foot restaurant attached to Discovery’s remote manipulator Sitsam. Astronauts Jernigan and Daniel T. Berry spent more than seven hours on the space shuttle. The photo was recorded with an electronic still camera on May 30, 1999 at 06:36:22 GMT.
October 23, 2013 – A photo campaign of most of Italy and all of this tonight was photographed by 37 crew members aboard the International Space Station flying about 240 miles above Earth on Oct. 1. 23, 2013. Night lights of Rome and Naples appear in the center of the frame.
April 16, 2002 – Astronaut Alan Ochoai, STS-110 mission specialist, looks through the Earth observation window at the Destiny Laboratory on the International Space Station. Parts of the space shuttle Atlantis and the CanadaDarm 2 are visible through the window.
February 11, 2008 – The space shuttle Atlantis’ (STS-122) is moved from its storage location in Payload Bay, on the starboard side of the Columbus Laboratory, the International Space Station’s compatibility module, in the grip of the station’s robotic CanadaDarm 2.
July 21, 2009 – Eight pictures of a total of 13 astronauts and cosmonauts aboard a luncheon above the International Space Station. Clockwise from the bottom right, astronauts are Christopher Cassidy and Mike Barrett, including Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, an unidentified crew member, Japanese aerospace exploration agency, astronaut Kochi Wakata, and astronaut Kochi Wakata (floating above). European Space Agency astronaut Frank de Vinnie, and astronaut Christopher Cassidy.
December 12, 2006 – Astronaut Robert L., set in New Zealand’s background and cooked in the Pacific Ocean. Carbium Jr. (Left) and European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fugleseng, both STS-116 mission specialists, are taking part in the first of three planned sessions of the mission’s extraterrestrial activity, as construction continues on the International Space Station.
December 4-15, 1998 – US Built Unity Connecting Module (Bottom) and Russian Built Zaria Module backdrop against the blackness of space in this 70mm photograph taken from the space shuttle effort. After devoting most of its mission time to various tasks to prepare two docked modules for International Space Station roles, a six-member STS-88 member made the presentation and surveyed the fly-around of the hardware.
All images courtesy NASA.
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