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International Space Station: 25 years of colocation in space
This Monday, November 20, the International Space Station, the ISS, celebrates its 25th anniversary. Although it is not accessible to just anyone, no less than 270 astronauts from around twenty countries have still inhabited it. And sometimes shared these moments of spatial intimacy with us, earthly spectators. – (France 2)
This Monday, November 20, the International Space Station, the ISS, celebrates its 25th anniversary. Although it is not accessible to just anyone, no less than 270 astronauts from around twenty countries have still inhabited it.
In the infinity of space, no sound… except, in the International Space Station (ISS), where that day, a Canadian astronaut covers a David Bowie classic. On board, there is no shortage of life: dance competitions, pizza evenings, football matches… moments without gravity, almost like on land. “This look through the porthole, where we become aware of the beauty, the finitude and the fragility of the earth. The pleasure of the body in microgravity, with the super powers that it can give us“, recalls astronaut Claudie Haigneré with emotion, twenty years after her flight aboard the ISS.
Giant laboratory
In almost a quarter of a century, the giant laboratory has welcomed more than 270 astronauts from around twenty countries. A life made of scientific experiments, but not only that. “It has to be maintained, it has to be cleaned, it has to be emptied of the cargo vehicle which brings tons of things to the station…“, explains Samantha Cristoforetti, ESA astronaut.
