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I hope so, if not, they would not have ben able to dock with it after it's been built (and empty at the time).
by draven 12y ago
I hope so, if not, they would not have ben able to dock with it after it's been built (and empty at the time).
- Morgawr 12y agoWell, the ISS was actually built as a constant iterative process, it wasn't just sent on space as is and then assumed operative. Also I'd assume the first module that was sent to space might have contained humans already right on departure from the Earth. But yeah, obviously they have procedures to retrieve and re-enter an empty ISS, I was mostly curious how or if there's any material around.
- JonathonW 12y agoZarya (the first module, launched in 1998) was pressurized and could support a crew short-term-- the crew of STS-88 (which launched Unity, the second module added to the ISS) entered the station and began unstowing gear and stuff. The ISS couldn't support its permanent crew until Zvezda (the station's service module) launched in 2000, though-- Zvezda contains the station's primary life support equipment and contained crew facilities like toilets and bunks.
- Someone 12y agoAn astronaut _could_ spacewalk from a Soyuz, open a hatch, enter the IIS, then control the docking from the inside. But reading http://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/docking_with_ISS.pdf http://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/docking_with_ISS.pdf, at least the Space shuttle could dock with MIR all on its own. Also, reading http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docking_and_berthing_of_spacecraft#List_of_types_of_spacecraft_docking_and_berthing_mechanisms http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docking_and_berthing_of_space..., there are almost more standards for docking mechanisms than different types of spacecraft.