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...tation (or a nearby spacecraft, such as one bringing supplies to the space station). :[External view of the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting the blue Earth below, shown with white clouds as stripes bel

...1: So why did we build this? There have ''got'' to be other ways to get to space. ...arently listening. Possibly a reference to the comic being released on {{w|International Talk Like a Pirate Day}}.

...nter}} in Houston required many ground stations all around the Earth. Each station could provide a link for only a few minutes and there were still gaps betwe ...main controller at mission control, is planning the next check-in with the Space Shuttle (also called orbiter), which is set to occur at [https://www.google

* A crippled space station falling from orbit. ...about Janeane Garofalo jumping a motorcycle off of the International Space Station as it crashes over an island with a volcanic eruption and Tyrannosaurus. An

....8 billion light years. However, during that time, {{w|Metric expansion of space|the universe has expanded}}, so the galaxies that formed from that spot whe | Holy crap lots of space

...n Phobos, a moon of Mars, is so weak that you could launch a baseball into space simply by throwing it. ...ational_Space_Station|International Space Station}}, the {{w|Space shuttle|space shuttle}}, {{w|GPS satellite|GPS satellites}} and {{w|Geostationary orbit|g

...dge, and then using that knowledge to go to {{w|Jupiter}} as part of a {{w|space program}}, working in cooperation with other men (another Cueball-like guy) ...s, a great deal of knowledge, and a motivation to seek out more knowledge. Space programs and going to Jupiter would require the cooperation of many differe

...ernational Space Station}} (ISS) by winching the pole up so that the Space Station orbit leads it to fly into the net, therefore catching it. ...e station that he can catch must be ''the'' ISS. (As for non-international space stations, the only one in orbit at the time of the comic’s publication wa

:::To international affairs $15,980,000,000 ...position they would have according to the other states, but with plenty of space surrounding each group, forming a deform but recognizable shape of the US,

| titletext = With a space elevator, a backyard full of solar panels could launch about 500 horses per ...and the {{w|Low Earth orbit|low Earth orbit}} payload capacity of various space launch vehicles. Rather than using standard units of mass such as kilograms

| To international affairs || $15,980,000,000 | Clean energy, space, science and tech R&D || $13,900,000,000 ||

*the shared space house (the International Space Station) *Shared space house ({{w|International Space Station}}) … 1

|International relationships are getting worse |The secret to infinite storage space

...e Moon. The basic {{w|Apollo_program|engineering}} {{w|International Space Station|exists}}, but the comic blames financial pressures for it not yet having co

...than the distance from Earth that their real size would hardly take up any space in the chart due to the {{w|Logarithmic scale|log-scale}}. The dots marking ...survey" refers to the {{w|Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer}} (WISE), a space telescope designed to look for warm objects such as brown dwarfs, which gen

...normal sports") and how disastrous a crash would be. The punchline is that space {{w|rocket}}s travel so dangerously fast, and crashes are so utterly catast ...{w|International Space Station|ISS}} needs to match the speed of the space station which moves at 27,600 km/h. A rocket that needs to {{w|Escape velocity|esca

...have two labels as there are two parts to the spacecrafts. Apart from the space-shuttle also the Cassini is spilt as the small Huygens lander is set a bit ...t below the payload it also the row with most horses as there are no empty space, just the extra separation between the central “squares" of 10 horses wid

...front of the sun ([https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/international-space-station-transits-the-sun example]). He has his camera with a long lens set up with :Cueball: ISS solar transit. From this spot, the space station should briefly line up with the sun.

...etext = Most people don't realize it, but they actually launch a new space station every few weeks because this keeps happening. ...his camera in order to capture the transit of the {{w|International Space Station}} (ISS) across the {{w|Sun}}. The comic is also made in the same special wa

| titletext = IATA stands for International AirporT Abbreviation. ...SV), {{w|San Diego}} (one of the instances of SAN) and {{w|Toronto Pearson International Airport|Toronto Pearson}} (YYZ).

...it and since they have no propulsion system they also become a part of {{w|space debris}} when they are out of control; eventually they will reenter earth's ...rude oil. The pressurized butane could also make the lighter burst, but in space without oxygen the lighter never would ignite. And even if the inside of th

...is done from low earth orbit, most notably on the {{w|International Space Station|ISS}}.

...a pun on the word "over", as the personnel of the {{w|International Space Station}} are overhead when it passes above you; yet they did not go "over ''to'' s ...(at the equator) being approximately 40,000 kilometres (24,850 miles), the station was apparently "over" for a ground distance of between 53.9 m and 55.7 m (1

...9 lbs) per unit. CubeSats are put into orbit from the International Space Station or launched as secondary payloads. As of January 2019, at least 900 CubeSat ...beSat attached to the other end of the fishing line so it gets pulled into space.

...om/ 2022-07-18], for more than 5,5 month. This was while [[2646: Minkowski Space]] was up. ...Space Shuttle missions and served as commander of the International Space Station.

...solar transits before, albeit about the transit of the International Space Station, in [[1828: ISS Solar Transit]] and [[1830: ISS Solar Transit 2]]. Viewing

...o.{{Citation needed}} A similar theme of humans being orbited by fun-sized space objects is featured in [[1300: Galilean Moons]]. ...other satellites including the {{w|International Space Station}} and a {{w|Space Shuttle}}. A variation of Kessler syndrome was the focus of the first part

...o) won't significantly survive. Meteoroids (see above) are hard to spot in space unless particularly big, may only be detected when spotted burning up, may ...ičić discontinuity}}, and not to be confused with [[1244|Kerbal]] [[1356|Space]] [[2204|Program's]] [https://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Moho planet

...just realized that the astronauts on the ISS (the {{w|International Space Station}}) probably can't get a vaccine against COVID-19 before they land. That is, ...s--off-the-space-station What NASA is doing to keep COVID-19 off the space station].

...oes a backflip over a commercial airliner while throwing a tray of plastic space stations into the air, through which a falcon swoops to 'grab' the real one ...n front of it. Typical things include planes, the {{w|International Space Station}} (ISS), and the {{w|Moon}} ({{w|Solar eclipses}}).

...t discarded after use (which have been standard throughout the majority of space-faring history). Thus, Megan is understandably confused about Beret Guy's a ...iginal position. The top part, with the astronauts in it, has been left in space. Presumably, it is docked to the ISS, as the crew onboard the ISS say hello

...ad but can't go through a roof" and values 101-10000 mean "no danger from space debris"), adding another random number generator to simulate the distributi ...11+ hours outside will make it 3 times as likely to get a head injury from space debris compared to not being outside at all.

...04/08/total-solar-eclipse-photos-nasa-astronauts-take-historic-images-from-space/?sh=4139cb0465aa Forbes] has an article that shows the pictures of the [htt