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Imagine living in a floating laboratory, 408 kilometres above Earth, where day and night change every 90 minutes, and gravity doesn’t exist. That’s life on the International Space Station (ISS). Built as a collaborative effort between NASA, ESA, Roscosmos, Kibo, and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the ISS has been home to astronauts for over two decades, helping researchers understand how humans can survive beyond Earth.
“The basic reason for having the space station is to understand the possibilities of human survival on the Moon and Mars,” explains Rachna Arora, a Physics Educator at Shiv Nadar School. “This also helps to explore how crops can be grown in space and how microgravity impacts human biology.”
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