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.
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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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