October 27, 2015 AT 12:00 pm
The incredible collaboration behind the International Space Station #makereducation
Informative video from TedEd!
The International Space Station is roughly the size of a six-bedroom house and weighs more than 320 cars — it’s so large that no single rocket could have lifted it into orbit. Instead, it was assembled piece by piece while hurtling through space at 28,000 kilometers per hour, lapping the Earth once every 90 minutes. Tien Nguyen explains how.
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