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Joseph Buell
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ISS

Post by Joseph Buell » Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:12 pm

You can view the ISS on Google Maps. http://www.google.com/maps/space/iss
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Joseph Buell
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TAS-I

Post by Joseph Buell » Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:15 pm

Fun Fact: The Thales Group in Italy made the cupola of the ISS.
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Joseph Buell
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ISS Cupola

Post by Joseph Buell » Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:45 am

The Cupola of the ISS was built by the Thales Group of France and Leonardo of Italy, a truly international collaboration.
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Space Toilet

Post by Joseph Buell » Fri Jan 15, 2021 1:02 am

The Zvezda (Star) is a Russian-built space module with the most important thing on the ISS on it: the toilet! It separates feces from urine, so the liquid can later be filtered into what they drink.
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Charlotte Bridgestone
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Re: ISS

Post by Charlotte Bridgestone » Tue Jun 08, 2021 10:55 am

I always was curious about life in ISS, also I have a dream once to try at least to try what it is like to be without gravity. Thank you for interesting facts and references. ALso I found out recently "How to keep spacesuit ‘underwear’ clean?". informative about usual things for us:

https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Sp ... wear_clean
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