What is the International Space Station?

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Why This Story Works for Bedtime

It turns a big space topic into a calm ‘tour’ with familiar ideas—home, routines, and teamwork. That practical framing satisfies curiosity without making space feel overwhelming.

Story Synopsis

High above Earth, a bright dot sometimes glides across the night sky. This story explains what it is: the International Space Station, or ISS. Instead of describing it like a rocket that comes and goes, the story frames the ISS as a moving home and laboratory that circles Earth again and again. It travels fast enough to orbit the planet about every ninety minutes, which means the crew sees many sunrises and sunsets. Inside, astronauts live in small modules, eat packaged food, exercise to stay strong, and work together on experiments. The story highlights the “international” part too: many countries cooperate, sharing science and helping one another. Miluna keeps the tone gentle—more like a calm tour than an action adventure. Curiosity stories like this grow long-term benefits: they build knowledge, spark interest in the world (and beyond it), and make reading feel like a peaceful way to explore big ideas.

Story Excerpt

High above Earth circling our planet about sixteen times each day there's a special place where people live and work in space It's called the International Space Station The space station isn't like a rocket that zooms to one place and comes back It's more like a house that stays in space going around and around Earth It travels so fast that it circles the whole planet in just ninety minutes But the people inside don't feel like they're moving at all Inside the space station everything floats There's no up or down because there's no gravity pulling things to the floor…

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