America's Next Space Station Will Be Twice as Big Thanks to SpaceX

The International Space Station is a technological marvel.Beginning with the Zarya power and propulsion module launched in 1998, through the installation of its latest solar array last year, the ISS took more than a quarter-century, 42 space launches, and $150 billion to build. 108.5 meters end-to-end, the ISS boasts 1,0005 cubic meters of pressurized volume on its inside, of which roughly 39% (388 cubic meters) are habitable.But science has come a long way since 1998. As the ISS approaches the end of its l ...