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The Lucent Library of Science and Technology - Space Stations

By Robert Taylor

Book information

Publisher
Lucent Books
Year
2004
ISBN
1-59018-106-9, 9781590181065
LCC
TL797.15 .B37 2004
Open Library ID
OL12367800M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5559645 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
112\113
Library
ihtik
Time added
2009-07-20 05:12:22

Description

Space stations have been the mainstay and "work horses" of the international aerospace industry for the past three decades. They are highly valued as medical laboratories for learning about the effects of space on humans, astronomy platforms for studying distant stars and galaxies, observation posts for viewing and analyzing environmentally sensitive regions on Earth, and springboards for future human travel to a variety of planets within our solar system and possibly beyond. From the early and relatively simple Skylab, Salyut, and Mir to the modern International Space Station, these platforms have been home to many astronauts from many nations investigating scientific phenomena in a microgravity environment 250 miles in space whirling by at 17,000 miles per hour.

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