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 TypeMultinational crewed space station program 1 Launch DateDate of the launch of Zarya, the station's first module. OutcomeOngoing; 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 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia: International Space Station programme, lead sectionQuote, Wikipedia: International Space Station programme, lead section
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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