Contents The Incredible ISS 4 Building a Space Station 6 Around the World in 90 Minutes 8 Meet the Crew 10 Just Another Day on the ISS 12 Get to Work 14 Space Stroll Anyone 16 Extreme Outfits 18 Toilet Talk 20 Your Body Aboard the ISS 22 Just Dropping By 24 From the ISS to Mars 26 ISS Model 28 Glossary 30 Read More 31 Learn More Online 31 Index 32 About the Author 32
The Incredible ISS Look up into a clear sky around dawn or dusk and you might see something incredible At first glance the spot of bright light looks like a star But it moves steadily across the sky What is it An alien spacecraft Nope It’s the International Space Station or ISS The ISS is about 250 miles 400 km above our heads orbiting around Earth And what’s even more incredible is that a team of people lives inside it The ISS’s main purpose is research Imagine doing science experiments while floating above Earth THE VIEW IS OUTTA THIS WORLD THAT’S RIGHT IT HAD ONLY THREE ROOMS THE ISS WAS SO TINY BACK THEN The first crew to live aboard the ISS arrived there more than 20 years ago 4
Many nations including the United States Russia Canada Germany and Japan have worked together to build and run the ISS Great teamwork THEY’RE COMING WE’D BETTER CLEAN UP QUICK NO WORRIES WE HAVE SIX HOURS LEFT It usually takes four to six hours to travel from Earth to the ISS On October 14 2020 a spacecraft traveled from Earth to the ISS in a record-breaking three hours and three minutes NO YOU DON’T WE’LL BE THERE IN RECORD TIME 5
