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British astronaut Tim Peake is about to become the first Brit ever to go onboard the International Space Station. The celebrate this, author of top-selling Haynes manuals Dr David Baker has compiled...

More than 220 people from 17 different countries have visited the station in the last 15 years.

The ISS has been inhabited by over 200 people, beginning back in the year 2000.

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Did you know that the ISS goes so fast that it would go the Moon and back in a day, that you can connect a hairdryer in Newark to a power plug in NYC using its electrical cables, that is almost as big as Princess Leia's spaceship, or that three crew members will eat the equivalent of 32,558 Big Macs in six months? Read on for 15 awesome facts about the ISS.

The first piece of the International Space Station launched 15 years. To mark the outpost's 15 years in orbit here is a countdown of facts about the huge science lab in the sky.

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Check out CNN's International Space Station Fast Facts for a look at what you need to know about the ISS, a spacecraft built by a partnership of 16 nations.

Below are 9 weird, surprising facts about the International Space Station — the floating research station changing our relationship to space.

Photograph by NASA The International Space Stations (ISS) is one of the greatest human and technological achievements in our history. Space agencies from the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan and Canada have come together for a common goal in the name of science and education.

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