ISS
Speech parts
1. ISS - Noun
2. ISS - Proper noun
Meaning
ISS (plural ISSes)
(education) Initialism of in-school suspension.
ISS
(space science) Initialism of International Space Station.
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About the size of a five-bedroom house, the ISS has six sleeping quarters, two toilets, a gym, and a set of bay windows that provide astronauts 360-degree views as it circles the globe 16 times a day, travelling at over 17,000 miles per hour.
Ad Astra stated that tests of a VASIMR thruster on the ISS would remain an option after a future in-space demonstration.
And on October 31, a SpaceX Crew Dragon (dubbed NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Michael Hopkins, Shannon Walker, and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi to the ISS.
Ahead of the docking, the capsule travelled to Way Point Zero, about 400m below ISS, at 2pm this afternoon where it began the docking process.
Although the wearing of face masks has been deemed compulsory under lockdown regulations, failure to comply is not a criminal offence and a transgressor cannot be arrested, says the ISS.
Atlantis heads toward Earth orbit at the beginning of STS-132 Shuttle Atlantis also delivered several vital components for the construction of the International Space Station (ISS).