As the most obvious man-made object in the night sky, clearly visible to the naked eye, the International Space Station is of interest to almost everyone. This is the first book to describe the technical aspects of its design and construction and details of its day-to-day operation.

The first authoritative review of the design, assembly and utilisation of the International Space Station Describes the operational aspects of assembling the ISS in orbit, on a flight-by-flight basis Comprehensive coverage of the experiments in the various laboratory modules, with explanation of their significance and objectives Includes detailed list of internet links in order to serve as a 'gateway' to those eager to learn about microgravity research

Inhalt
List of illustrations.- List of tables.- Foreword.- Author's Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Apollo Applications.- The world's first space station.- Skylab.- NASA makes plans.- Success with Salyut.- Reagan's go-ahead.- Salyut 7's jinx.- Space Station Freedom.- Mir.- An International Space Station.- Shuttle-Mir.- Building hardware.- Orbital assembley.- Postscript.- Acronyms.- Appendix 1 Launch Vehicles.- Appendix 2 ISS hardware.- Index.