Happy Birthday - the ISS turns 10!

[Monster Dave]

Check out these amazing shots from building the International Space Station:

First components delivered: December 1998






Space Shuttle Endevor Prior to a subsequent mission to support the ISS:




The ISS in 2000:


A space walk during Expedition 6 in 2003:


The ISS in 2003:


The ISS in 2005:


EVA work in 2005:


EVA work in 2006:


EVA work in 2007:


The ISS in early 2008:


The ISS on it's birthday:


Space Shuttle Altantis as seen in Feb 2008:


Atlantis prepping for a launch:











It's hard to belive that the Shuttle will be retired in 2 years. The work that has gone into this project couldn't have been completed without the use of the space shuttle.

[mitt]

Shouldn't people installing the engines on a billion dollar machine be wearing something better than blue jeans and tshirts?



cool pics

mitt

[erkishhorde]

Coooooooool. 

I wish I could go to space. I'd probably piss my pants on take-off though.  Don't think I could babysit the station up there all alone either. My mind goes loopy and I start imagining that I'm seeing things even when I'm in the house alone sometimes.  But man, it'd be cool to go up once.

[NAKID]

If there's one thing those pictures show, the station keeps using more power than it's capable of generating. Look at the progression of the addition of solar panels....