ISSllä

ISSllä is Finnish for locating something on the International Space Station. The form is used to indicate position or activity that takes place on board the ISS, and it is commonly written as ISS:llä in standard Finnish orthography to mark the abbreviation before the locative suffix. The expression translates to “on the ISS” in English.

In practice, ISSllä appears in scientific, news, and everyday Finnish texts whenever researchers, astronauts, or experiments are described as being on the space station. Examples include statements such as “Tutkimukset ISSllä ovat tuottaneet uusia tuloksia” (The experiments on the ISS have produced new results) or “Astronautit työskentelevät ISSllä” (Astronauts are working on the ISS). When referring to missions or activities directed toward the station rather than its surface, writers may also use related phrases like “ISS-lennot” or simply “ Kansainvälisellä avaruusasemalla,” depending on stylistic choices.

The International Space Station itself is a modular space laboratory in low Earth orbit, operated through international collaboration. Core partners include NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (European Space Agency), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada). The ISS has been continuously inhabited since the year 2000, serving as a platform for research in biology, human physiology, materials science, Earth observation, and technology development in microgravity.

For Finnish-language writing, ISSllä is part of a broader practice of using locative forms with abbreviations to denote location. It is commonly encountered in media, science communication, and educational materials discussing life and work aboard the station.

See also: International Space Station; Finnish language; space research; microgravity.