The International Space Station has been described as an unprecedented undertaking in scientific, technological, and international experimentation. With sixteen nations contributing to its construction and operation it will provide a focal point for human space research and support for future long duration space exploration programmes that will include a return to the Moon and the first human expeditions to Mars.
The accompanying DVD features film of activities on the station, a gallery of stills and a wealth of facts and figures and reference material covering the components of the station's sub systems, ground support and operations and background to the programme, the crews and the science. The ISS will be the definitive station in space for many years to come and this book will be the authorised reference and archive to document those first seven years of orbital operations and what can be expected from the complex in the next years following the completion of construction.
