International Space Station
Aug. 10th, 2007 07:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
guslThe ISS is in near-Earth orbit, and is visible to the naked eye, often several times a day. One just needs to look at the right place at the right time. But I haven't seen it yet! Here's the schedule.
Being near the Earth, the ISS needs to travel really fast. As a result of this, the "centrifugal force" cancels out the Earth's gravity. Being in a constant state of "free fall" results in a state of microgravity.
I have to wonder: how do they get people up there and back? Do they launch a similar micro-ship at roughly the same speed and phase, from which the crew jumps into the ISS?
Being near the Earth, the ISS needs to travel really fast. As a result of this, the "centrifugal force" cancels out the Earth's gravity. Being in a constant state of "free fall" results in a state of microgravity.
I have to wonder: how do they get people up there and back? Do they launch a similar micro-ship at roughly the same speed and phase, from which the crew jumps into the ISS?