ENGINEERING THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION BY CECILIA PINTO MCCARTHY CONTENT CONSULTANT Anouck Girard Associate Professor Aerospace Engineering University of Michigan Cover image The International Space Station is made up of many modules and solar arrays Core Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com BUILDING BY DESIGN
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LIFE IN SPACE On May 23 2017 Commander door of the Quest airlock Fellow Peggy Whitson opened the outer astronaut Jack Fischer accompanied her They left the International Space Station ISS They floated out into space Strong cables kept both astronauts tethered to the station This was Commander Whitson’s tenth space walk or extravehicular activity EVA Her task was to replace a broken computer For almost three hours the two astronauts worked outside the station They were circling the planet at 17,500 miles per hour 28,000 km h Whitson works on equipment outside the ISS
