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    The US Orbital Segment (USOS) is the name given to the components of the International Space Station (ISS) constructed and operated by the United States...
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    is divided into two sections: the Russian Orbital Segment assembled by Roscosmos and the US Orbital Segment assembled by NASA, JAXA, ESA and CSA. A striking...
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    The Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) is the name given to the components of the International Space Station (ISS) constructed in Russia and operated by the...
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    US Orbital Segment (USOS), as well as living quarters for two crew members. It is the structural and functional center of the Russian Orbital Segment...
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    retain full ownership of the Russian Orbital Segment (with the exception of Zarya), with the US Orbital Segment allocated between the other international...
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    also the personal hygiene area for the astronauts who live in the US Orbital Segment. The Leonardo PMM was a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) before...
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    modules are self-contained and pre-assembled, in contrast to the US Orbital Segment of the ISS, which required spacewalking to interconnect cables, piping...
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    (VKD-62) May 2024 – EVA-2 (US-90) May 2024 – Starliner CFT Docking May 2024 – Starliner CFT Undocking May 2024 – EVA-3 (US-91) May-June 2024 – EVA-4 (VKD-63)...
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    ISS is divided into two main sections, the Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) and the US Orbital Segment (USOS). The first module of the International Space...
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    The US Orbital Segment was completed in 2011 after the installation of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer during the STS-134 mission. The Russian Orbital Segment...
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    interface to an APAS-95 docking port. Three PMAs are connected to the US Orbital Segment of ISS. PMA-1 and PMA-2 were launched with the Unity module in 1998...
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    2023 – EVA 1 (VKD-61) Kononenko/Chub: 7 hrs, 41 min 1 November 2023– EVA 2 (US-89) Moghbeli/O'Hara: 6 hrs, 42 mins 11 November 2023– CRS SpX-29 Docking 29...
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    composed of two sides: the Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) and U.S. Orbital Segment (USOS). Russian Orbital Segment (mostly Russian ownership, except the...
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    that can fit the 51 in (130 cm) wide tunnels between modules in the US Orbital Segment. The HTV is about 9.8 metres (32 ft) long (including maneuvering thrusters...
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    Module – this is the connection between the Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) and the US Orbital Segment (USOS). Attached to the aft port is the Zvezda Service...
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    Adapter (IDA-1), whose loss delayed preparedness of the station's US Orbital Segment (USOS) for future crewed missions. Performance was nominal until T+140...
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    of a number of modules (primarily the Columbus laboratory) in the US Orbital Segment, ATV supply ships, launchers, software and €8 billion. In the 1980s...
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    composed of two sides: the Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) and U.S. Orbital Segment (USOS). Russian Orbital Segment (mostly Russian ownership, except the...
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    flights for SpaceX and twelve flights for Orbital ATK. CRS-2 contracts were awarded in January 2016 to Orbital ATK Cygnus, Sierra Nevada Corporation Dream...
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    during EVAs, move station modules, spacecraft, orbital replacement units and Dextre on the US Orbital Segment. The ROS does not require spacecraft or modules...
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  • US Orbital Segment (USOS), as well as living quarters for two crew members. It is the structural and functional center of the Russian Orbital Segment...
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    near-geosynchronous orbit, although large delta-v orbital maneuvering services were also envisioned. Building off of the 2007 Orbital Express mission—a U.S. government-sponsored...
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    Robotic Arm (ERA) is a robotic arm that is attached to the Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) of the International Space Station. Launched to the ISS in July...
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    by STS-121, and became operational on 12 July 2007. From 2001, the US orbital segment had used oxygen in a pressurized storage tank on the Quest airlock...
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  • per year in 2019, with the first private visitors arriving at the US Orbital Segment in 2022 on a SpaceX Crew Dragon. Contents:  A B C D E F G H I J K...
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    which delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and completed the US Orbital Segment. In 2008, Chamitoff voted from outer space; he also conducted a live-from-space...
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    Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) connects habitable elements in the US Orbital Segment (USOS) of the International Space Station (ISS). The CBM has two distinct...
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  • (business segment) of Northrop Grumman from 2018 to 2019. It was formed from Orbital ATK Inc. a company which resulted from the merger of Orbital Sciences...
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    Flight-Releasable Grapple Fixture and berths Dragon to the station's US Orbital Segment using a Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM). The CRS Dragon does not have...
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    experiment. The installation of the AMS-2 marked the completion of the US Orbital Segment of the International Space Station. Later in the day, Greg Chamitoff...
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