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Questions about the ISS (International Space Station), a habitable man-made low Earth orbit satellite whose first component was launched in 1998 and used to conduct experiments for a wide variety of research fields in a microgravity environment.

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Can satellites or the ISS be seen from Earth during a Total Solar Eclipse?

As an answer to the question in your title, NASA photographer Joel Kowsky captured this stunning composite earlier today in Banner, Wyoming. The positioning required to perfectly frame Station during …
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Is there any money in space?

Among other things, he was a flight engineer for Expedition 38/39, during which the ISS saw the arrival of the first Cygnus resupply capsule to Station. … Unfortunately, a fault developed with an ISS coolant system that necessitated a series of spacewalks, causing NASA to stand down the launch of the capsule. …
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How will NavCube (actually) be important for the XCOM testing and demonstration?

Yes, it appears that NavCube will primarily serve as a source of signal for the X-ray generator. In fact, one article explicitly confirms this: NavCube’s job is to run MXS’s on-and-off switch, sai …
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