Life-Support Systems

Astronauts living on the space station depend on the ISS life – support systems. There is no air in space and no water. Air and water must be transported from Earth or made inside the ISS.

Life-Support SystemsПодпись: r T E C H ISS SECTIONS Between 1998 and 2006, nine sections were incorporated into the ISS. Name Launch Date Function Zarya 1998 Storage. Unity 1998 Connecting module. Zvezda 2000 Service module containing living quarters and many systems. Z1 Truss 2000 Structural support. P6 Solar Array 2000 Provides electrical power. Destiny 2001 Science laboratory. Pirs Airlock 2001 Docking port and airlock. P3/P4 Solar Array 2006 Provides electrical power. P5 Truss 2006 Structural support. J The life-support system pro­vides the crew with oxygen and absorbs the carbon dioxide gas they exhale. The system also has to deal with other gases, such as ammonia, which are