The 7 largest objects people ever launched into space
New people are ambitious to conquer space for more than half a century but the achievements are growing. Along with the development of technology, people increasingly step further outside the universe.
Scientists have launched a lot of objects into space to realize the dream of conquering the universe, here is a list of the 7 largest objects among them, from the International Space Station to the Hubble Space Telescope. . Surely you will be surprised to know how horrible they are.
International Space Station - ISS
ISS weighs 450 tons, 108.5m long and 73m wide. ISS moves at an average speed of 27,744 km / h in space corresponding to 15.79 around the Earth every day.
Satum V rocket
This is the missile used by the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) in the Apollo Program to bring people to the Moon and launch Skylab space station. This multistage space rocket is 111 meters high and can carry a mass of 140 tons to the Earth's low orbit. From 1967 to 1973, NASA launched 13 Saturn V. missiles.
Hoa Binh Space Station
Hoa Binh space station, also known as Mir space station was built by the Soviet Union in 1986. The mission of this space station is to carry out scientific experiments in space, serving the purpose of peace and the human development. The space station consists of 6 modules, weighing 140 tons, 33 meters long, 30.8 meters wide.
On March 23, 2001, Mir ended operations and was destroyed when he entered the Earth's atmosphere.
Hubble Space Telescope
NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Space Telescope Science Institute, USA, has teamed up to build a Hubble space telescope. Hubble has a volume of 12.2 tons, equipped with a computer system and a light-collecting mirror with a diameter of 2.4 m.
In 1990, Hubble began operating at a height of 610 km from Earth.
Because it is not affected by the Earth's atmosphere, this telescope can observe an object at a distance of 12 billion light-years.
Skylab space station
Skylab weighs 77 tons and is the first US space station, launched on Earth's orbit on May 14, 1973 with a Saturn V. rocket.
In 1979, Skylab ceased operations, fell to the Indian Ocean and some debris fell in western Australia.
Envisat environmental satellite
Envisat is ESA's largest Earth observation satellite.
In 2002, at the space center of Guiana, Envisat was launched into space by Ariane 5 rocket carrying equipment to monitor the weather phenomenon of the Earth. This is the largest satellite in the group of weather satellites, weighing 8.2 tons, nearly 10 meters long.
In 2012, ESA lost contact with Envisat.
Self-propelled transport ship ATV
This is an ESA spacecraft, used to transport laboratory equipment, fuel, air, food, and water to the International Space Station (ISS).
ATV weighs nearly 21 tons and can accommodate a two-story bus. The ATV's exterior is a cylinder of 10.3 m in diameter 4.5 m, X-shaped solar panels mounted on the hull.
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