Author: Josie Smith, age 10

 The ISS        

                                                                                                    

The ISS stands for International Space Station.

The ISS was built by the USA, Japan, Canada, and Russia.

It was completed on Nov. 20, 1998 and it was launched in 2000.

Since launch, astronauts have been going to the ISS every
six months. The crew train for more than eighteen months then they go to the
ISS. A crew is made up of six astronauts and they stay on the ISS for six
months and then the crew changes.

On the ISS, they have to take care of it so that means going
on space walks.  A special tool keeps
them attached to the ISS.

 The ISS orbits the
earth. It is a dangerous job. You have to be the best of the best and have a lot of  experience.

                                                      A photo from the ISS of  Southern Italy