Space Station celebrates its 15th anniversary

Yes, 15 years flew by unnoticed, and all this time the ISS circled around the Earth in orbit. But on November 20, 1998, the first module of the future station was sent into orbit. This was the Zarya module. Fifteen years later, the ISS is still being completed, adding new “pieces”.

So, in April of the next year, a new manipulator, created by a team of European scientists, should be installed on the ISS. In addition, Russia must provide a ready-made laboratory module that is designed for multi-purpose research. Probably, the Russian module will be the last in this “constructor”.
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It is worth noting that by this day the price of the ISS has already reached 150 billion US dollars, which automatically makes it one of the most expensive scientific projects. It is worth noting that about 7.5 million US dollars are spent on a single astronaut per day. Of course, this is expensive, but it is in this way that new opportunities are opening up for all of humanity.

Well, it remains only to congratulate the ISS and all the participants of this project on the 15th anniversary.

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