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Latest revision as of 06:01, 2 September 2024
- See also changes related to International Space Station, or pages that link to International Space Station or to this page or whose text contains "International Space Station".
Parent topics
- The ISS is a space station, which is a type of satellite.
- It is an important destination in manned spaceflight.
Vehicles that have visited ISS
- NASA's Space Shuttle is responsible for delivering station components and most crew.
- Soyuz spacecraft deliver some crew and are stored at the station to use as escape pods in emergency situations.
- Progress spacecraft are unmanned vehicles that deliver supplies to the station.
Vehicles that would have visited ISS
- The Crew Return Vehicle would have brought crew back from the station in case of an emergency.
- Venture Star was a Lockheed Martin concept for a reusable space plane to replace the space shuttle.
Other space stations
- Salyut was Russia's first space station program.
- Mir was the largest and most successful space station before the ISS.
- Skylab was America's first space station.
Participating countries and their space agencies
- United States of America - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Brazil (through NASA) - Brazilian Space Agency (AEB)
- Russian Federation - Russian Federal Space Agency (RKA)
- Canada - Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
- Japan - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Europe - European Space Agency (ESA)
- Germany (through ESA)
- France (through ESA)
- Italy (through ESA) - Italian Space Agency (ASI)
- Denmark (through ESA)
- Belgium (through ESA)
- Switzerland (through ESA)
- Sweden (through ESA)
- Spain (through ESA)
- Norway (through ESA)
- The Netherlands (through ESA)
Prospective participants
- China
Other Related Articles
- Space debris [r]: Man-made objects in earth orbit that no longer serve any useful purpose. [e]
- California, history since 1846 [r]: Brief history of the Union's thirty-first state from 1846 to the present day. [e]
- 9-11 Attack [r]: A massive terrorist attack on the United States, occurring on September 11, 2001. [e]
- U.S. intelligence involvement with World War II Nazi war criminals [r]: Actions by intelligence agencies, primarily in the U.S. Army, where Nazi strongly suspected of war crimes were not prosecuted in exchange for information, such information on the Soviet Union [e]