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ISS Assembly Time-Lapse Animation

submitted by ant

5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago

"An animation chronicaling the construction and assembly of the International Space Station.

The assembly of the International Space Station, a major endeavour in space architecture, began in November 1998. Astronauts install each element using spacewalks. By 15 September 2010, they had completed 150, totalling 944 hours of extra-vehicular activity (EVA), all devoted to assembly and maintenance of the station. Twenty-eight of these spacewalks originated from the airlocks of docked Space Shuttles; the remaining 122 were launched from the station..."

From http://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/9za77n/35_floppies_found_on_the_iss_a_reminder_that_the/ea84jbi/.

3 Comments

I wonder what all the orbital dynamics were like? I would guess that every addition would mean a change to the orbit/speed/etc. to keep the thing in the right place.

BSR

I'm guessing that as each piece is added, it is already orbiting with the station exactly whether it's attached or not.

The station does need periodic boosts as there is some drag caused by atmospheric changes by the sun.

Disclaimer: Not a rocket scientist

I wonder what all the orbital dynamics were like? I would guess that every addition would mean a change to the orbit/speed/etc. to keep the thing in the right place.

Moving this video to ant's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

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