ISS Open House Summary

Fri, 08 Mar 2019 20:32:35 -0500

Thank you to everyone who showed up for March 8th's Open House! Tonight our topic was the International Space Station. We discussed the purpose of the ISS, requirements for the astronauts, and daily life and the general living experience. We also discussed more technical elements such as how they reuse water, produce energy (through solar panels), what the space station is made of, and more details about its low earth orbit and constant state of free fall (which gives the astronauts the feeling of weightlessness). We briefly discussed a few of the many experiments that have been done abroad the ISS and also the importance of the ISS in international cooperation between countries. We then took questions and went up to see the observatory! We hope to see everyone next time!