Building the International Space Station

Watch as the International Takes Shape in this speeded up NASA animation of its decade-long assembly, which began in 1998 and will end around 2010.
Credit: NASA

All Episodes of The ISS - a Foothold on Forever

Nov. 20, 1998 marked the beginning of an international construction project of unprecedented complexity and sophistication. On Nov. 20, 2008, the International Space Station marked 10 years of operation orbiting Earth.

Episode 1
Building the International Space Station

Watch as the International Takes Shape in this speeded up NASA animation of its decade-long assembly...
Episode 2
Space Station Commode

ISS Skipper Mike Fincke gives a video tour of the orbiting lab's new space toilet.
Episode 3
ISS: "It's our modus operandi."

The United States is one of 15 countries building the International Space Station by working internationally...
Episode 4
ISS: Space Smorgasbord

The International Space Station is being built by many people of many different cultures. Eating on...
Episode 5
ISS: We may be changing the course of human destiny.

By establishing a permanent outpost in space, "we may be changing the course of human destiny."
Episode 6
ISS: Do I stink?

Crew members aboard the ISS can go as long as six months without taking a real shower. Sometimes they...
Episode 7
ISS: We are just citizens of the universe

When gazing out the window crew members often say that we are one small part of a much larger picture...

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