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Loading contentThe systems that keep a station running and the science done aboard — docking, life support, experiments, and space medicine.
9 entries.
Docking system
The probe-and-drogue docking system is the long-serving Russian mechanism used by Soyuz and Progress to dock with space stations, including the ISS Russian segment.
Docking system
The Androgynous Peripheral Attach System is a docking mechanism developed for the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project and later used by the Space Shuttle to dock with Mir and the ISS.
Docking system
The International Docking System Standard, implemented on the ISS as the International Docking Adapters, allows Crew Dragon and Starliner to dock autonomously.
Life-support system
The Environmental Control and Life Support System keeps a station's crew alive by recycling air and water, controlling temperature and pressure, and removing carbon dioxide.
Space experiment
The NASA Twins Study compared astronaut Scott Kelly during a year aboard the ISS with his identical twin on Earth, advancing understanding of how spaceflight affects the human body.
Space medicine
In microgravity the human body loses bone mass, a key concern for long-duration spaceflight that is studied and countered aboard the ISS.
Space medicine
Without gravity to work against, muscles weaken in space; resistance exercise aboard stations helps crews maintain strength.
Space medicine
Beyond Earth's protective atmosphere and much of its magnetic field, astronauts face increased radiation, a central challenge for long missions.
Space medicine
In weightlessness, body fluids shift toward the head, contributing to the vision changes studied as Spaceflight-Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome (SANS).