International Space Station

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English: The International Space Station (ISS) is a joint project of five space agencies: NASA (United States), the Russian Federal Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the Canadian Space Agency, and the European Space Agency.

Русский: Международная Космическая Станция (МКС) — совместный проект пяти космических агенств: НАСА (Соединённые Штаты Америки), Федерального Космического Агенства России, Японского агентства аэрокосмических исследований, Канадского космического агентства, и Европейского космического агентства.

Deutsch: Die Internationale Raumstation (ISS) ist ein gemeinsames Projekt der fünf Raumfahrbehörden: NASA (Vereinigte Staaten), die Russian Federal Space Agency, die Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, die Canadian Space Agency und die European Space Agency.

Español: La Estación Espacial Internacional (Inglés: International Space Station, ISS) es un proyecto conjunto de cinco agencias espaciales: la NASA (Estados Unidos), la Agencia Espacial Federal Rusa, la Agencia Japonesa de Exploración Aeroespacial, la Agencia Espacial Canadiense, y la Agencia Espacial Europea.

日本語: 国際宇宙ステーション (ISS) は、アメリカ航空宇宙局、ロシア連邦宇宙局、日本の宇宙航空研究開発機構、カナダ宇宙庁、欧州宇宙機関の5機関による共同プロジェクト。

한국어: 국제 우주정거장(ISS)은 16개국 우주개발기관의 공동 프로젝트로, 미항공우주국(NASA), 러시아 연방 우주국, 일본 우주항공연구개발기구, 캐나다 우주국, 유럽 우주국, 브라질 우주국 등이 참여하고 있다.

Slovenščina: Mednarodna vesoljska postaja (International Space Station, ISS), ki kroži okrog Zemlje na višini približno 360 km, je skupen projekt šestih vesoljskih agencij.

中文: 国际空间站（ISS）是由美国航空航天局、俄罗斯联邦太空局日本宇宙航空研究开发机构、加拿大太空局和欧洲太空局五家联合设立的空间站。

Ελληνικά: Ο Διεθνής Διαστημικός Σταθμός (στα αγγλικά International Space Station) είναι μια συλλογική προσπάθεια εκ μέρους των πέντε μεγαλύτερων αεροδιαστημικών υπηρεσιών του κόσμου για την αποκάλυψη των μυστικών του διαστήματος

Polski: Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna jest wspólnym projektem pięciu agencji kosmicznych: NASA (Stany Zjednoczone), Rosyjskiej Federalnej Agencji Kosmicznej, Japońskiej Agencji Kosmicznej, Kanadyjskiej Agencji Kosmicznej oraz Europejskiej Agencji Kosmicznej.

[edit] Global views

ISS (3 June 1999)	ISS (September 2000)	ISS (9 December 2000)	ISS (18 March 2001)
ISS (29 April 2001)	ISS (20 August 2001)	ISS (17 April 2002)	ISS (16 October 2002)
ISS (2 December 2002)	ISS (August 2005)	ISS (August 2005)	ISS (July 2006)
ISS after STS-115 (September 2006)	ISS from Atlantis STS-115 after undocking (17 September 2006)	ISS after STS-115 (September 2006)	Space Shuttle Discovery approaching ISS, STS-116 (11 December 2006)
ISS from Discovery STS-116 after undocking (19 December 2006)	ISS from Atlantis STS-117 after undocking (19 June 2007)	ISS from Endeavour STS-118 after undocking (19 August 2007)	ISS from Discovery STS-120 after undocking (5 November 2007)
ISS from Discovery STS-120 after undocking (5 November 2007)	ISS from Atlantis STS-122 after undocking (18 February 2008)	ISS from Discovery STS-124 after undocking (11 June 2008)	ISS from Endeavour STS-126 before docking (16 November 2008)
ISS from Discovery STS-119 after undocking (25 March 2009)	ISS from Discovery STS-119 after undocking (25 March 2009, alternative angle)	ISS from Discovery STS-128 before docking (30 August 2009)	ISS from Discovery STS-128 after undocking (9 September 2009)

[edit] Computer generated views

NASA's Illustration showing the impact risk of debris to collide with the ISS	ISS after assembly flight STS-116 (computer rendering)	ISS after assembly flight STS-117 (computer rendering)	ISS after assembly flight STS-118 (computer rendering)
Alternate image of the ISS after assembly flight STS-118 (computer rendering)	ISS after assembly flight STS-118 and PMA3 relocation (computer rendering)	ISS after assembly flight STS-120 (computer rendering)
ISS after assembly flight STS-122 (computer rendering)		ISS after STS-122, with ATV Jules Verne docked.
	ISS after assembly flight STS-119 (computer rendering)		Computer model of a complete station (as of June 2006)
Computer model of a complete station	Computer model of a complete station (original plans)

[edit] Modules launched

[edit] Zarya

See also: Category:Zarya

Zarya during assembly

Zarya module as seen from STS-88

Interior of Zarya module

[edit] Unity

See also: Category:Unity module

Unity module taken by STS-88 mission in December 1998

[edit] Zvezda

See also: Category:Zvezda

Zvezda Service Module under construction	Launch of Zvezda with a Proton rocket	ISS Zvezda service module with a docked Soyuz spacecraft, taken in September 2000	Configuration diagram of the module
Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev takes still pictures inside the Zvezda Service Module	Krikalev working on the NASA treadmill	Sergei Krikalev makes repairs to the Elektron oxygen generator in the Zvezda Service Module	Astronaut John Phillips working on the Elektron oxygen-generation system in the Zvezda Service Module
TORU docking system in the Zvezda Service Module used to manually dock Progress freighters to ISS	Diver training with true sized model of the ISS module Zvezda	Soyuz TM-34 crew in Zvezda module	Thomas Reiter working on the internal thermal cooling loop pump in the Zvezda Service Module
Thomas Reiter using a computer in the Zvezda Service Module	Thomas Reiter works with sample tubes in the Zvezda Service Module	Thomas Reiter looks over a procedures checklist in the Zvezda Service Module	Expedition 13 and STS-121 crew members pose for a photo in the Zvezda Service Module
Expeditions 13 & 14 members at lunch	Anousheh Ansari holds a plant grown in the Zvezda Service Module	Fyodor Yurchikhin with "fresh" fruits from a recent delivery

[edit] Integrated Truss Structure Z1

Gyroscope of the ISS

Gyroscopes of the ISS installed in Z1 truss segment

The ISS Z1 truss is moved to check weight and balance

Unity and Z1 truss structure taken by STS-92 in October 2000

[edit] Integrated Truss Structure P6

P6 solar array after installation

P6 solar array experiencing a kink

close-up view of folded solar array

[edit] Destiny

See also: Category:Destiny

The first system rack (ISPR) being installed in the Destiny module

ISS Destiny Lab module

Destiny module taken by STS-108 (15 December 2001)

Leroy Chiao inside the Destiny lab (31 October 2004)

[edit] Canadarm2

See also: Category:Canadarm2

Latching End Effector	End effector of Canadarm2	Work Station	Leroy Chiao works with the controls of the Canadarm2, or Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS)
Astronaut Steve Robinson on Canadarm2 during STS-114 mission

[edit] Quest

See also: Category:Quest

Quest Joint airlock at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Dec. 1997

Quest Joint airlock by STS-104 mission on 15 July 2001

Astronaut Steve Swanson in the Quest Airlock (21 March 2009)

[edit] Pirs

See also: Category:Pirs

Pirs under construction	SO1 Pirs Docking compartment / airlock approaching ISS	Pirs docking module taken by STS-108	Expedition 10 Crew in PIRS
Sharipov with his Russian Orlan spacesuit in the Pirs	Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov work with Orlan spacesuits in Pirs

[edit] Integrated Truss Structure S0

S0 Truss lifted from Shuttles cargo bay

S0 Truss being moved to ISS

ISS after installation of S0 Truss element (seen in the middle of picture)

[edit] Integrated Truss Structure S1

Atlantis carrying S1 truss

ISS S1 Truss structure

[edit] Integrated Truss Structure P1

Space Shuttle Endeavour delivers P1 truss to the ISS

ISS P1 Truss structure

[edit] Integrated Truss Structure P3/P4

P3/P4 truss segment	The Canadarm moves the P3/4 Truss out of the Space Shuttle	P3/P4 truss segment animation	P3/P4 truss segment handoff from Space Shuttle Atlantis
Two astronauts during the installation of the solar arrays	Solar array during deployment	P4 Radiator unfolding	P4 Radiator unfolding
P4 solar array extended

[edit] Integrated Truss Structure P5

P5 Truss segment prepared for launch on STS-116

Discovery handing off P5 Truss to ISS

P5 Truss awaits installation

[edit] Harmony

See also: Category:Harmony

Construction of the Node 2 module

Harmony in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building

Interior of Harmony (27 October 2007)

[edit] Columbus

See also: Category:Columbus (ISS module)

Columbus Module loaded in a Airbus-Beluga on Bremen airport

Columbus inside the Space Station Processing Facility after delivering to KSC

Columbus module in the Atlantis' payload bay

Columbus installed

[edit] Kibo

See also: Category:Kibo

Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Kibo	Kibo PM module in assembly	Japanese Experiment Module	Japanese Experiment Logistics Module Pressurized Section (ELM-PS)
JEM PM in November 2006	Kibo Pressurized Module	Kibo Pressurized Module	Kibo Pressurized Module Interior
Kibo Pressurized Module and Japanese Logistics Module

[edit] Planned for launch

Cupola at the Space Station Processing Facility	Cupola from inside	Operating Canadarm2 from Cupola	Cupola being aligned with the Tranquility
Cupola getting mated with Tranquility	Cupola from inside	ExPRESS Logistic Carriers (ELC)

[edit] Cancelled

ISS Habitation module	ISS Crew Return Vehicle - CRV (NASA)	ISS Crew Return Vehicle - CRV (X-38 Prototype) dropped from B-52	ISS Interim Control Module (U.S. Navy)
ISS Propulsion Module	ISS Centrifuge Accommodations Module	ISS Centrifuge Accommodations Module in Tsukuba	ISS Science Power Platform
X-38 3-View line art, GIF

[edit] Supply ships

[edit] Space Shuttle - Multi-Purpose Logistics Module

See also: Category:Multi-Purpose Logistics Module

Cosmonaut Yuri P. Gidzenko is dwarfed by transient hardware aboard Leonardo MPLM

The Leonardo Multi Purpose Logistics Module rests in Discovery's payload bay

Astronauts Wendy B. Lawrence (foreground) and Andrew S. W. Thomas inside Raffaello MPLM module (STS-114)

Raffaello MPLM module docked to the ISS (STS-114)

[edit] Soyuz

See also: Category:Soyuz spacecraft

Soyuz TMA-1 spacecraft approaching ISS	Soyuz TMA-1 at the ISS	Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft approaching ISS	Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft departing from ISS
Soyuz TMA-9 with Progress 22 docked at ISS

[edit] Progress

See also: Category:Progress

Progress M1-11 departs from the Pirs Docking Compartment (4 September 2003)	Progress M1-10 departs from the Zvezda Service Module (27 August 2003)	Progress M1-11 departs from the Pirs Docking Compartment (4 September 2003)	Progress M1-12 approaches the ISS (30 August 2003)
Progress M1-4 (18 November 2000)	Progress docking port close-up	TORU docking system used to manually dock Progress freighters to ISS	Progress M-56 departs from the Zvezda Service Module (26 April 2006)
Progress M-56 departs from the Pirs Docking Compartment (19 June 2006)

[edit] ATV

See also: Category:Automated Transfer Vehicle

ATV approaches the ISS for its "Demo Day 2" practice maneuvers

Close-up view of the ATV docking port

Expedition 17 crewmembers pose for a portrait inside de Jules Verne ATV

ATV enters the Earth's atmosphere, where researchers captured images of its fiery end

[edit] HTV

See also: Category:HTV

Japanese H-2 Transfer Vehicle approaching the International Space Station	A close-up view of the HTV-1 in the grasp of Canadarm2	The four main engines of the HTV	Frank De Winne monitors the HTV as it approaches the International Space Station
The newly attached HTV-1 from the inside

[edit] ISS Expeditions

See also: Category:ISS crew

Crew of ISS Expedition 1	Crew of ISS Expedition 2	Crew of ISS Expedition 3	Crew of ISS Expedition 4
Crew of ISS Expedition 5	Crew of ISS Expedition 6	Crew of ISS Expedition 7	Crew of ISS Expedition 8
Crew of ISS Expedition 9	Crew of ISS Expedition 10	Crew of ISS Expedition 11	Crew of ISS Expedition 12
Crew of ISS Expedition 13	Crew of ISS Expedition 13 with T. Reiter	Crew of the first part of ISS Expedition 14	Crew of the second part of ISS Expedition 14
Crew of the second part of ISS Expedition 15	Crew of the third part of ISS Expedition 15

[edit] Spacewalks

Canadarm2 installation during STS-100	Space walk outside International Space Station, January 26, 2005	Expedition 10 Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov deploys the Nanosatellite	NASA spacewalk image, Michael Foale, ISS expedition 8
Astronaut Piers J. Sellers working on ISS	Astronaut Soichi Noguchi on the first STS-114 EVA	Astronaut Steve Robinson on Canadarm2 during STS-114 mission	Workpoints of spacewalk 05-11-07
SuitSat	Launch of SuitSat	Astronaut Scott Parazynski of STS-120 during a spacewalk to repair (esentially sew) a damaged solar panel.	Sellers and Fossum restored the International Space Station's Mobile Transporter (STS-121)
Michael Fossum working on Mobile Transporter (STS-121)

[edit] ISS configuration changes

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[edit] Misc.

International Space Station Insignia	Russian ISS Flight Control Room in Korolev, Russia	Graph of the altitude of the ISS since launch	Biolab in Columbus
Fluid Science Laboratory in Columbus	European Physiology Modules in Columbus	European Drawer Rack in Columbus	Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE)
MISSE prior to retrieval on STS-118	ISS mockup in Houston	Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 arrives in SSPF	Environmental Control & Life Support System (ECLSS) Flow Diagram