International Space Station History

It is a multinational collaborative project between five participating space agencies.
International space station history. Since 1971 11 space stations launched into a low orbit around earth have been occupied for varying lengths of time. Unity the first u s built component of the international space station launches the first space shuttle mission dedicated to assembly of the station. Nasa united states roscosmos russia and the european space agency are the major partners of the space station who contribute most of the funding. The other partners are the japanese aerospace.
Nasa united states roscosmos russia jaxa japan esa europe and csa canada. In september 1993 american vice president al gore and russian prime minister viktor chernomyrdin announced plans for a new space station which eventually became the international space station. The international space station iss is a modular space station habitable artificial satellite in low earth orbit.