Building The ISS: Time Lapse
ISS Fun Facts:
- 15 countries have visited (USA, Russia, Canada, Japan, Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Brazil, Malaysia, South Africa, South Korea, and Spain)
- 331 total flights
- 205 individuals
- Of 205, 31 were women and 7 were tourists (one from South Africa, one from Canada, and five from the USA)
- Currently six people at the station
- Record for most flights to the ISS is NASA astronauts Mark E Kelly and Frederick Sturcow with four flights
- 15 orbits per day
- Occupied for over 11yrs beating previous record (10yrs) held by Russia's Mir Station
- As of Nov. 2010, the odometer read over 1.5 billion statute miles (eight round trips to the Sun), 57,361 orbits around the Earth
- 135 launches since first launch in 1998
- 161 spacewalks for assembly totaling over 1,015 hours
- Spans area of football field
- Weighs 861,804lbs
- More livable room than a five-bedroom house (two bathrooms, a gymnasium, and a 360-degree bay window)