the international space station: more than you can imagine

THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

William H. GerstenmaierSpace Operations Mission Directorate

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

More Than You Can Imagine

KITTY HAWK, NORTH CAROLINA

JAPANESE “HOPE” PAPER CRANES IN THE H-II TRANSFER VEHICLE

COMBINED OPERATIONAL LOAD-BEARING EXTERNAL RESISTANCE TREADMILL

HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGER FOR THE COASTAL OCEAN

HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGER FOR THE COASTAL OCEAN

Baghdad, Iraq

Chesapeake Bay, USA

SYNCHRONIZED POSITION HOLD, ENGAGE, REORIENT, EXPERIMENTAL SATELLITES

ALPHA MAGNETIC SPECTROMETER

THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION…

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…BY THE NUMBERS

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Hours of SpacewalksLaunchesCubic feet of pressurized volumePounds on-orbitMeals eatenLines of software codeKilowatts of powerPeople worldwide on the team

…BY THE NUMBERS

59 COUNTRIES HAVE PARTICIPATED IN ISS UTILIZATIONTHROUGH 2010Argentina

AustraliaAustria

BrazilBulgaria

ByelorussiaChile

ChinaColumbia

CroatiaCzech Republic

Dominican RepublicEcuador

EgyptFiji

FinlandGreece

GuatemalaHungary

Ile de La ReunionIndia

Ireland

IsraelKazakhstanKenyaKuwaitLebanonMalaysiaMaliMexicoNew ZealandPeruPolandPortugalPuerto RicoRepublic of KoreaRomaniaSenegalSloveniaSouth AfricaTaiwanThailandTurkeyUkraine

ISS RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS(Expeditions 0 – 24, September 2000 – October 2010, data as of January 20, 2011)

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Biology and Biotechnology

Earth and Space Science

Educational Activities

Human Research

Physical Sciences

Technology

• Expeditions 0 – 24• 1149 Investigations• 454 completed investigations• 734 International Partner investigations• 25 National Lab investigations

> 1600 scientists• 310+ scientific publications (international

count ongoing)

Ice Crystal

MSL-CETSOL and MICAST

Marangoni

ALTEA-Shield

APEX-CSA

THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION