The countries The are on the ISS are the US, Russia, Japan, Canada, ltaly, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Brazil, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain. Three features of the ISS is a module, airlock, and a truss. ISS is used for people to have an ongoing presence in space. The space station's laboratories allow crew members to do research that could not be done anywhere else. This scientific research benefits people on Earth. Space research is even used in everyday life. The results are products called "spinoffs." Scientists also study what happens to the body when people live in microgravity for a long time. NASA currently is working on a plan to explore other worlds. The space station is one of the first steps. NASA will use lessons learned on the space station to prepare for human missions that reach farther into space than ever before.

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