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International Space Station

Use these resources to view web articles:

1.  Learn about the history and purpose of the International Space Station:

http://space.about.com/cs/iss/a/iss.htm

2.  Read interviews and journals of  ISS astronauts:

http://edspace.nasa.gov/earthcrew/webcastarchive.html

http://esa.int/SPECIALS/Cervantes_mission/SEMHBV7O0MD_0.html

http://space.about.com/cs/spaceshuttles/a/collinsint1_2.htm

3.  Find out how the International Space Station is built:

http://science.howstuffworks.com/space-station.htm

4.  Read biographies of space station personnel:

http://jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/index.html

5.  Find out how to become an astronaut and what kind of training astronauts get:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/outreach/jobsinfo/astronaut.html

6.  Read about future International Space Station missions:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/future/index.html

7.  Find out the status of the next crew rotation on the ISS:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/issreports/2004/iss04-17.html

8.  Use this site to track where the ISS is now:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/index.html

9.  Use these resources to view requirements and training for mission personnel:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/factsheets/asseltrn.html

10.  The International Space Station after five years in space:

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/20iss5years/

11.  Read about a scientific objectives being researched and/or developed on the SSI:

http://nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/mar/HQ_04084_station_bone_loss.html

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp8/mm-exp-8.pdf

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/index.html

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/science/index.html

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/science/spaceproducts/index.html

12.  Read biographies of Expedition 9 crew members.

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp9/index.html

Use these resources to view photographs:

1.  International Space Station viewed from the Shuttle Endeavor:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-113/html/sts113-336-015.html

2.  Astronaut David A. Wolf, STS-112 mission specialist, anchored to a foot restraint on the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) or Canadarm2, carries the Starboard One (S1) outboard nadir external camera.

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-112/html/sts112-709-073k.html

3.  The Expedition Five and STS-112 crews assemble for a group photo in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS).

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-112/html/sts112-331-031.html

4.  A view of the Starboard One (S1) Truss newly installed on the International Space Station.

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-112/html/sts112-325-018.html

5.  View changes in the ISS as each new stage is assembled:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/assembly/ndxpage1.html

6.  Additional photographs may be found at:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/index.html

Use these resources to view videos:

1.  Video of the launch of the Zarya Control Module, the first component of the International Space Station. Zarya launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 20, 1998, on a Russian Proton Rocket. The video also includes an animation of Zarya deploying its solar arrays

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/video/station/zarya/mpg/zaryalaunch.mpg

2.  View an animation of the service module:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/science/spaceproducts/index.html

3.  Animation of Zarya and Unity docking with Zvezda Service Module:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/video/station/servicemod/mpg/zaryaunitydock.mpg

4.  Additional videos can be found at:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/search.cgi

Use these resources to interview an astronaut:

1.  http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp8/index.html

Use these resources to view astronaut patches:

1.  http://members.shaw.ca/kcic3/space2.html

2.  http://countdown-creations.com/iss_patches.htm

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