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Uncrewed visiting spacecraft are excluded (see Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station for details). ISS crew members are listed in bold. "Time docked" refers to the spacecraft and does not always correspond to the crew. As of 30 May 2023, 269 people from 21 countries had visited the space station, many of them multiple times ...
The effects of spaceflight on the human body are complex and largely harmful over both short and long term. [ 1] Significant adverse effects of long-term weightlessness include muscle atrophy and deterioration of the skeleton ( spaceflight osteopenia ). [ 2] Other significant effects include a slowing of cardiovascular system functions ...
The highest number of people at the same time on one space station has been 13, first achieved with the eleven day docking to the ISS of the 127th Space Shuttle mission in 2009. The record for most people on all space stations at the same time has been 17, first on May 30, 2023, with 11 people on the ISS and 6 on the TSS. [1]
International Space Station crewmember Tracy Caldwell Dyson views the Earth, 2010. Human spaceflight (also referred to as manned spaceflight or crewed spaceflight) is spaceflight with a crew or passengers aboard a spacecraft, often with the spacecraft being operated directly by the onboard human crew. Spacecraft can also be remotely operated ...
Steam is a video game digital distribution service and storefront managed by Valve. It was launched as a software client in September 2003 to provide game updates automatically for Valve's games and expanded to distributing third-party titles in late 2005. Steam offers various features, like game server matchmaking with Valve Anti-Cheat ...
Scott Joseph Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American engineer, retired astronaut, and naval aviator. A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on Expeditions 26, 45, and 46 . Kelly's first spaceflight was as pilot of Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-103 in December 1999.
The process of assembling the International Space Station (ISS) has been under way since the 1990s. Zarya, the first ISS module, was launched by a Proton rocket on 20 November 1998. The STS-88 Space Shuttle mission followed two weeks after Zarya was launched, bringing Unity, the first of three node modules, and connecting it to Zarya.
The International Space Station(ISS) is a large space stationassembledand maintained in low Earth orbitby a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA(United States), Roscosmos(Russia), ESA(Europe), JAXA(Japan), and CSA(Canada). The ISS is the largest space station ever built.