About ISS talk a lot and you can often find it on the net pictures. But how big is the International Space Station is really?
If you are interested in astronomy, then of course we have seen many pictures of astronauts working inside and outside the International Space Station (ISS). But sometimes it is difficult to understand, how big this space station orbiting Earth, as the photos generally contain only a small fragment. Thanks to the image display astronaut Kjella Lindgren, working on one of the ISS modules, this is changing. This photo shows how small it seems a man against the backdrop of the station.
You see the first photo opens this news astronaut? Did not notice? But he:
The photo above is actually only a small part of the entire station. In full glory is as follows:
At the time, NASA, Compare the size of the International Space Station with a field size of an American football. Prepared even graphic:
Somewhere, sweeps over our heads with speed 27 740 km / h, this 417-ton station …
