The International Space Station is a satellite laboratory located in Earth orbit, which has been built so that scientists can work in space for long periods of time. There can be six scientist at one time.
Let's tell you some interesting facts about this wonderful thing made by human beings -
1. The International Space Station is the most expensive item made by humans, with a total cost of $ 160 billion. This amount is more than Rs 11 lakh crore, so that more than 150 Taj Mahal can be made.
2. Space station spends around 24 hours 27,600 kilometers per hour around the Earth. In this way, it completes one revolution of the Earth in every 92 minutes and takes one and a half rounds of the earth in one day.
3. Space station lives at an altitude of 330 to 435 kilometers in Earth's orbit. Due to such a low height, it is also sometimes seen with the naked eyes.
4. The International Space Station was launched on November 20, 1998, the point to note here is that its parts were sent through 136 flights, its parts were added by the scientists in space.
5. The International Space Station was said to be in space for the first year 2011, but after an agreement it was decided that it will be used by the year 2020.
6. The space station weighs 4,19,455 kilograms. In this way, it is the greatest object sent by man to space.
7. The length of the space station is 72.8 meters, the width is 108.5 meters and the height is 20 meters. It is worth staying in more than 6 bedrooms.
8. Space station has 2 bathrooms and a gym. Scientists working in the gym keep their body fit because they have a bad effect on their body due to having a lot of time in space.
9. At the International Space Station, more than 200 scientists from 15 countries have gone. India's Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams have also done research on this.
10. You hardly know that the death of Kalpana Chawla and his fellow passengers was returning from the space station of the space station which was due to the explosion at the time of landing.
11. Leafy salad has been successfully planted at the International Space Station. The scientists at the station had ate it half and kept half secure so that the scientific analysis of Lisa could be done on Earth.
Image Source - Nasa
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