To get the best experience possible, please download a compatible browser. 4, 1998 -- Space Shuttle Endeavour delivered the Unity Node with two pressurized mating adapters.
Then, with the spacecraft just a few feet from the station and steadily closing in, mission control radioed, "everything is nominal, Anatoli. The P6 solar arrays were deployed and its batteries were activated.July 26, 2005 -- The Space Shuttle Discovery's Return to Flight mission carried supplies and equipment inside the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module to the station. NASA 30, 2000 -- The STS-97 crew delivered and installed the P-6 Truss which supports the first U.S. solar arrays.Feb. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. The mission featured three spacewalks. Attached to the node is a seven-windowed cupola to be used as a control room for robotics.April 5, 2010 -- Discovery delivered the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module filled with science racks that were transferred to laboratories on the International Space Station.May 14, 2010 --- Space shuttle Atlantis launched on its final planned mission to deliver an Integrated Cargo Carrier and the Russian-built Mini-Research Module-1 (MRM1) to the International Space Station. 14, 2001 -- A Russian Soyuz rocket delivered a cargo crane and the Russian Pirs Docking Compartment for both a Soyuz docking port and Russian-based spacewalks.Dec. November 20, 1998 -- The Zarya Control Module was launched atop a Russian Proton rocket. Atlantis also carried European Space Agency astronaut Léopold Eyharts to the complex and returned Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Dan Tani to Earth.March 11, 2008 --- Endeavour delivered the first pressurized component of the Japanese Kibo laboratory, the Experiment Logistics Module - Pressurized Section, to the station.
"He didn't, and seconds later the cargo ship's docking mechanism engaged its station counterpart and the Progress was pulled in and locked in place. The mission also delivered NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman to the station and returned European Space Agency astronaut Léopold Eyharts to Earth. Read More . The Port 6 truss structure was also moved from atop the International Space Station's Z1 truss to the end of the Port 5 truss structure.Feb. Canadarm 2, the Station's robotic arm, walked off the Shuttle to its new home.July 12, 2001 -- The STS-104 crew used the Space Shuttle Atlantis' robotic arm to install the new Joint Airlock from which both Russian and American spacewalks may take place.Aug. ET. Don't do anything. The ISS is not the first space station. menu close modal Resources International Space Station 3D Model Source: NASA Visualization Technology Applications and Development (VTAD) Published: April 22, 2019 A 3D model of the International Space Station. 14, 2008 --- Space shuttle Endeavour delivered supplies and equipment, including additional crew quarters, exercise equipment, equipment for the regenerative life support system and spare hardware, inside the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module. 10, 2009 --- The Mini-Research Module-2 (MRM2) launched Nov. 10, 2009, atop a Soyuz booster rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and docked to the station's Zvezda service module Nov. 12. MRM1 provides cargo storage and an additional docking port to the station.Feb.