X-treme Facts: The International Space Station

X-treme Facts: The International Space Station — page 1
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