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International Space Station Travel Bug Hotel
The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada). On November 20 1998, the first segment of the ISS was launched. The Zarva Control Module launched aboard a Russian Proton rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazahstan. The ISS is the largest artificial object in space, the largest satellite in low orbit, and the largest single structure humans ever put into space. Its main construction was completed between 1998 and 2011, although the station continually evolves to include new missions and experiments. It is regularly visible to the naked eye from Earth's surface. It maintains an orbit with an average altitude of 400 kilometers by means of reboost maneuvers using the engines of the Zvezda Service Module or visiting spacecraft. The ISS circles the Earth in roughly 93 minutes, completing 15.5 orbits per day.
Space Shuttle Discovery was the very first shuttle to ever dock the ISS during mission STS-96. OV-103 delivered a slew of equipment to the ISS (such as stowage racks, computers, medical and sanitary equipment, etc.) all vital to making the Station—consisting at that time of only the Zarya and Unity modules—a habitable orbital outpost. External equipment was also installed, including construction tools as well as two cranes from the shuttle's cargo bay.
The space station has been continuously occupied since November 2000. An international crew of seven people live and work while traveling at a speed of five miles per second. Sometimes more are aboard the station during a crew handover.
To date, the ISS has cost almost 200 Billion dollars to build not including the average 88,000-164,000 per day to operate.
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In accordance to the facts noted above, this is the most expensive travel bug hotel to date!!! Bring a TB to take a TB, its the only time a Travel Bug will become a space voyager and travel at light speed!
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This cache was placed with the intention of being found for the "2022 Discover L&A County Geocaching Mega Event" held on August 20, 2022 at 8am.
