Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... 23.06.2008 . ... Credit: STS-124 Shuttle Crew , NASA Explanation: The developing International Space Station (ISS) has changed its appearance again. ... Construction began on the ISS in 1998. ... June 2008 . ... 1997 1998 . ... Publications with keywords: ISS . ... The International Space Station Transits the Sun . ... A Supply Ship Docks with the International Space Station . APOD: 2008 April 1- New Space Station Robot Asks to be Called Dextre the Magnificent . ...

... 2008 June 23 . The International Space Station Expands Again . Credit: STS-124 Shuttle Crew , NASA . Explanation: The developing International Space Station (ISS) has changed its appearance again. Earlier this month, the Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery visited the ISS and added components that included Japan 's Kibo Science Laboratory . ... Construction began on the ISS in 1998. ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . ... Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., ... Curbeam served as a spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) responsible for relaying all voice communication between Mission Control and crews aboard the Space Shuttle and International Space Station, CAPCOM Branch Chief, and Payloads Group Lead, responsible for representing the crew office in the design, training and operation of on orbit experiments, and Safety Branch Chief for the astronaut office. ... DECEMBER 2007 ...

CREW 19/20 . ... Canadian Space Agency Astronaut, Canada . ... He began astronaut training in February 1984 and served as backup payload specialist to Marc Garneau, the first Canadian astronaut for the October 1984 Challenger shuttle mission (STS-41-G). ... In August 1998 he was assigned by the Canadian Space Agency to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, to participate in the training program for flights on the shuttle and ISS, where he passed training as a mission specialist. ...

... Armagh Observatory, 24th March 2009: The International Space Station ( ISS ) has recently become the second brightest object in the night sky тАФ even brighter than the planet Venus, and second only to the Moon. Evenings will provide the chance of a spectacular view, if the sky is clear, as for the next few days the orbit of the ISS around the Earth repeatedly takes it over Ireland. ... At its best, it is now the second brightest object in the night sky. ...

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