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International Space Station Program

Space Station and Space Shuttle Programs

The multinational program governing the design, assembly and continuous crewed operation of the International Space Station, run jointly by NASA, Roscosmos, ESA, JAXA and the Canadian Space Agency under a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements among fifteen participating nations. Assembly began with the Russian Zarya module in November 1998, and the station has been continuously crewed since November 2000, with operations committed to at least the late 2020s.

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Mission Type
Multinational crewed space station program 1
Launch Date
1998-11-20 1
Date of the launch of Zarya, the station's first module.
Outcome
Ongoing; continuously crewed for over two decades, the largest and longest-running international space program, with committed operations extending to at least 2028-2030 depending on partner agreements. 1
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Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia: International Space Station programme, lead section
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It is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the fifteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components.
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