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 * Category 4 – Space Station **
 * Skylab missions || NASA Past ||
 * Mir || NASA Past ||
 * International Space Station || NASA Current ||

NASA PAST Missions http://www.nasa.gov/missions/past/index.html NASA CURRENT Missions http://www.nasa.gov/missions/current/index.html  February 1994 to June 1998, NASA Space Shuttles made 11 flights to the Russian space station Mir, and American astronauts spent seven residencies, 

Expedition 16's Whitson Hands Over Command of Station

Image above: Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson (far right) officially hands over command of the International Space Station to Expedition 17 Commander Sergei Volkov (far left). Credit: NASA TV  Expedition 16 was comanded by Peggy Whitson    

Expedition 17 launched to the International Space Station on April 8, 2008.

Expedition 15 landed on October 21, 2007

Expedition 14 landed on April 21, 2007.

Expedition 13 landed on Sept. 28, 2006.



^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ diagram of space shuttle. resize the picture to make it bigger or smaller =]

NASA stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 

Apollo, Explorer, Galileo, Gemini, Skylab, and the Pioneer.
 * __Past__**- Some of the more popular space missions are:

Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope The Lunar Reconnaisance Orbiter
 * __Future__**- Some space missions that are yet to come are the:

//NASA teamed up with Google Earth// In order to make it easier for everyone to view high quality pictures of Earth that were taken by astronauts from the International Space Station and space shuttle.

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FIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS-

1. How many expeditions have there been? 17 expeditions. 2. How much does the space station currently weigh? 482,000 lbs. 3. Which expedition's purpose was to study the sun? The Skylab. 4. How much of the Earth does the space station travel? About 85% of the entire Earth. 5. Can the space station be seen with the naked eye? Yes, its low orbit and its altitude of approximately 350 km above the Earth's surface allows it to be seen.

Skylab Mission- The mission crews performed a plethora of UV astronomy experiments, eight separate solar experiments and detailed X-ray studies of the Sun. As part of the Apollo program, the Skylab was launched into orbit on May 14th, 1973. The mission lasted in total of 171 days long, but was broken up into three different time lapses. Mir Mission- Mir was constructed in orbit by connecting different modules, each launched separately from 1986 to 1996. Mir combined its capabilities with America's space shuttles. It brought American astronuats and international scientists together to work with each other. The word "mir" is Russian for "community" and "peace." International Space Station- The International Space Station, or ISS, is a part of NASA. It was established on July 29th 1958. It is led by the United States, but relies and works together with 16 nations: Canada, Japan, Russia, 11 nations of the European Space Agency and Brazil.

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ISSRG/ ^^^^^^^^^^^ caley make a slide and JUST put that link on there. you can put a picture or something on there if you want but thats it =]