With the arrival of British Astronaut, Tim Peake on board the ISS last year (December 15th!), every month I'll be doing an update on what he's been up to on board the ISS. The first post in the installment will be on January 25th, but first I thought I'd explain a little bit more about the ISS, what it is and what it does.
The ISS, or International Space Station orbits Earth all day, every day. It orbits around 400 km above Earth. Putting it simply, it's essentially an orbiting scientific laboratory carrying out research in the micro gravity environment. This is a particularly useful tool as it allows scientists to look at the effects of micro gravity. When you're in space, your bone density decreases. This is what happens in some diseases like osteoporosis - the benefit of this is that scientists can look at what happens to astronauts on board the ISS to find out more about diseases such as osteoporosis and put the information they gain into research and possible treatments.
Check out one of my very first posts which was all about the ISS. click here
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