{"id":1073,"date":"2010-02-11T10:05:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/european_modules_complete_the_international_space_station\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:35:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:35:39","slug":"european_modules_complete_the_international_space_station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/es\/european_modules_complete_the_international_space_station\/","title":{"rendered":"Los m\u00f3dulos europeos completan la Estaci\u00f3n Espacial Internacional"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>La mayor obra construida en el espacio est\u00e1 a punto de concluir. El 8 de febrero, el transbordador espacial Endeavour despeg\u00f3 del Centro espacial Kennedy, de Florida, llevando a bordo dos avanzados m\u00f3dulos europeos: El Nodo 3 (Tranquility) y Cupola. Despu\u00e9s de que el transbordador atraque en la Estaci\u00f3n Espacial Internacional (ISS), las dos secciones se acoplar\u00e1n a la gigantesca estructura orbital. Dicho suministro completar\u00e1 la parte no rusa de la ISS, con m\u00e1s de un tercio de los elementos de la estaci\u00f3n presurizada dise\u00f1ados y construidos en Europa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"1920\" data-credit=\"ESA\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2010\/02\/Cupola_attached_to_Node-33\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2010\/02\/cupola_attached_to_node-33\/17904942-2-eng-GB\/Cupola_attached_to_Node-3.jpg\" alt=\"Cupola attached to Node-3\"><figcaption>C\u00fapula acoplada al Nodo 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>El Nodo 3 es el segundo de dos pasadizos comunicados (nodos 2 y 3) que se suministra a la ESA. Ambos han sido construidos por la industria europea, bajo la direcci\u00f3n de Thales Alenia Space de Italia. El Nodo 3 aportar\u00e1 espacio habitable adicional a los astronautas y cabida para el almacenamiento de equipos. Ser\u00e1 el n\u00facleo del sistema de supervivencia de la Estaci\u00f3n, ya que eliminar\u00e1 di\u00f3xido de carbono, generar\u00e1 ox\u00edgeno y reciclar\u00e1 el agua. Tambi\u00e9n contiene un cuarto de ba\u00f1o adicional y equipos de gimnasia para la tripulaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-width=\"4288\" data-credit=\"ESA\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2010\/01\/International_Space_Station2\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2010\/01\/international_space_station2\/18250657-2-eng-GB\/International_Space_Station.jpg\" alt=\"International Space Station\"><figcaption>Estaci\u00f3n Espacial Internacional<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cupola es la plataforma de observaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s grande y compleja que se haya lanzado al espacio. Una vez acoplada al muelle del Nodo 3 orientado a la Tierra, sus siete grandes ventanas ofrecer\u00e1n una visi\u00f3n sin igual de nuestro planeta y del exterior de la ISS. Esa \u201cventana al mundo\u201d se utilizar\u00e1 para diversas actividades: manejo del brazo rob\u00f3tico de la Estaci\u00f3n, supervisi\u00f3n de las operaciones de acoplamiento del Veh\u00edculo Automatizado de Transferencia europeo y de otras naves espaciales, control de los paseos espaciales y observaciones cient\u00edficas. Tambi\u00e9n se utilizar\u00e1 como zona de descanso: una de las experiencias m\u00e1s agradables para los tripulantes de la Estaci\u00f3n es contemplar la Tierra o alzar la mirada hacia las estrellas.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The largest building site in space is nearing completion. On 8 February, Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying two state-of-the-art European modules: Node-3 (Tranquility) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"esa_banner_image":"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2010\/02\/space_shuttle_endeavour_launch6\/17911158-2-eng-GB\/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour_launch.jpg","esa_banner_description":"Space Shuttle Endeavour launch","esa_banner_credit":"ESA - S. 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