Iss

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of in-school suspension. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of International Space Station. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "Before Musk, America’s space industry was moribund. In 2011, NASA mothballed the last space shuttle, after inking a deal with SpaceX to make uncrewed cargo resupply runs to the International Space Station (ISS). […] SpaceX launched its first crew to the ISS aboard a Dragon spacecraft in May 2020."

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alphaconfiguration alphafreedomfreedomin school suspensionin-school suspension

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"The microgravity environment of space makes the ISS a unique laboratory for the testing of spacecraft systems that will be required for future exploration missions beyond low Earth orbit."

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