Robby
03-05-2008, 04:42 PM
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0803/iss_sts122.jpg (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0803/iss_sts122_big.jpg)
The International Space Station Expands Again
Credit: STS-122 Shuttle Crew (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/ sts122/index.html), NASA (http://www.nasa.gov/)
Explanation: The developing International Space Station (http://www.shuttlepresskit.com/ISS_OVR/index.htm) (ISS) has changed its appearance again. Last month, the Space Shuttle (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010412.html) orbiter Atlantis (http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/ atlantis.html) visited the ISS (http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/spacestation/ index.html) and added components that included the Columbus Science Laboratory. The entire array of expansive solar panels is visible in this picture (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/ shuttle/sts-122/html/s122e011112.html) taken by the Atlantis Crew (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/ shuttlemissions/sts122/main/index.html) after leaving the ISS (http://www.howstuffworks.com/space-station1.htm) to return to Earth. The world's foremost space outpost (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/) can be seen developing over the past several years by comparing the above image (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/ sts-122/html/s122e011112.html) to (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060920.html) past (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021208.html) images (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020102.html). Also visible above are many different types of modules (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/ assembly/ndxpage1.html), a robotic arm (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010509.html), another impressive set of solar panels (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photovoltaic_panel), and a supply ship. Construction began on the ISS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ International_Space_Station) in 1998.
(Via NASA (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080305.html))
The International Space Station Expands Again
Credit: STS-122 Shuttle Crew (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/ sts122/index.html), NASA (http://www.nasa.gov/)
Explanation: The developing International Space Station (http://www.shuttlepresskit.com/ISS_OVR/index.htm) (ISS) has changed its appearance again. Last month, the Space Shuttle (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010412.html) orbiter Atlantis (http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/ atlantis.html) visited the ISS (http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/spacestation/ index.html) and added components that included the Columbus Science Laboratory. The entire array of expansive solar panels is visible in this picture (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/ shuttle/sts-122/html/s122e011112.html) taken by the Atlantis Crew (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/ shuttlemissions/sts122/main/index.html) after leaving the ISS (http://www.howstuffworks.com/space-station1.htm) to return to Earth. The world's foremost space outpost (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/) can be seen developing over the past several years by comparing the above image (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/ sts-122/html/s122e011112.html) to (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060920.html) past (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021208.html) images (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020102.html). Also visible above are many different types of modules (http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/ assembly/ndxpage1.html), a robotic arm (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010509.html), another impressive set of solar panels (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photovoltaic_panel), and a supply ship. Construction began on the ISS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ International_Space_Station) in 1998.
(Via NASA (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080305.html))