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ISS
ISS is a research facility currently being assembled in orbit around the Earth at an altitude of approximately 360 km.
It is a joint project between five space agencies: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, United States), the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos, Russian Federation), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA, Japan), the Canadian Space Agency (CSA, Canada) and the European Space Agency (ESA, Europe).
The station is serviced primarily by Russian Soyuz and Progress spacecraft and by U.S. Space Shuttle orbiters. At present the station is able to host a crew of 3 members.
Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech
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