Eight hours in space. ISS astronauts repaired the cooling system – Polish Radio

                             

                                 
 
 11/02/2015
 
                             

                                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

                             
                             

The International Space Station Photo: Wikipedia / NASA

                         
                     

                             Astronauts on the International Space Station are celebrating an unusual anniversary. The passing of 15 years since the arrival of the first crew aboard the orbital vehicle.
                         

                                           
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                                                         Unusual transmission from the International Space Station – IAR / Rafal Motriuk
                                                     
                                                 
                                                    
                                                                                            

Second November 2000 reached on which is still under construction Station so-called Expedition 1.

Since then, now, people change, but without pause live in space. Today, six orbiting astronauts took part in a special press conference. The talks in English, Russian and Japanese. According to Scott Kelly of NASA, it is international co-operation is a key element of the whole project. – The bottom line is that we have a spacecraft that can keep people alive for a long time – stressed.

The station is a giant science lab. It has been conducted thereon over 1700 experiments. Critics say that the project does not pay, because 100 billion US dollars is just too big expense. But astronauts on the station today is not discussed money. They said they eat a birthday meal and the occasion will talk about science.

The station orbits the Earth at an altitude of about 400 kilometers and it can be seen from Earth with the naked eye. The nearest visible to fly over Polish – Friday at 5:27 in the morning.

(IAR)