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STS108-704-097 - STS-108 - The nadir side of the ISS taken during the STS-108 mission

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Description: Blurry views of the nadir side of the International Space Station (ISS) taken during the STS-108 mission. Visible are Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 (PMA2), PMA3, U.S. Laboratory / Destiny, the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) / Canadarm2, Quest / Airlock, Node 1 / Unity, Functional Cargo Block (FGB) / Zarya, Service Module (SM) / Zvezda, Progress vehicle, Soyuz vehicle, Pirs Docking Compartment and P6 Truss.

Subject Terms: Air Locks, FGB, Node 1, P6, Pressurized Mating Adapter, Remote Manipulator System, Russian Spacecraft, Service Module, Solar Arrays, Soyuz Spacecraft, Spacecraft Docking Modules, STS-108, Trusses, U.S. Laboratory

Categories: Station Configuration

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

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Preservation File Format: TIFF

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STS-108

The International Space Station (ISS) is a habitable space station in low Earth orbit with an altitude of between 330 and 435 km (205 and 270 mi). It completes 15.54 orbits per day. Its first component launched into orbit in 1998, and the ISS is now the largest man-made body in low Earth orbit. The ISS consists of many pressurized modules, external trusses, solar arrays, and other components. ISS components have been launched by Russian Proton and Soyuz rockets, and American Space Shuttles. The ISS is a space research laboratory, the testing ground for technologies and systems required for missions to the Moon and Mars. The station has been continuously occupied for 16 years and 201 days since the arrival of Expedition 1 on 2 November 2000. This is the longest continuous human presence in low Earth orbit, having surpassed the previous record of 9 years and 357 days held by Mir. The station is serviced by a variety of visiting spacecraft: the Russian Soyuz and Progress, the American Dragon and Cygnus, the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle, and formerly the Space Shuttle and the European Automated Transfer Vehicle. It has been visited by astronauts, cosmonauts and space tourists from 17 different nations.

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nadir nadir side iss nasa zarya iss soyuz spacecraft sts 108 endeavour international space station zarya module zvezda service module remote manipulator system high resolution ultra high resolution sts 108 mission sts 108 service module space station remote manipulator system earthobs sts 108 adapter laboratory node fgb station configuration soyuz vehicle p 6 truss russian spacecraft functional cargo block modules progress vehicle spacecraft space station iss view space program us national archives
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12/04/1981 - 21/07/2011
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International Space Station

ISS - the largest man-made body in low Earth orbit
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The U.S. National Archives
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label_outline Explore Earthobs Sts 108, Russian Spacecraft, Soyuz Vehicle

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nadir nadir side iss nasa zarya iss soyuz spacecraft sts 108 endeavour international space station zarya module zvezda service module remote manipulator system high resolution ultra high resolution sts 108 mission sts 108 service module space station remote manipulator system earthobs sts 108 adapter laboratory node fgb station configuration soyuz vehicle p 6 truss russian spacecraft functional cargo block modules progress vehicle spacecraft space station iss view space program us national archives