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NASA Photo ISS International Space Station Construction serie A
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NASA Photo ISS International Space Station Construction Node 1. On Dec. 6, 1998, the crew of space shuttle mission STS-88 began construction of the International Space Station, attaching the U.S.-built Unity node and the Russian-built Zarya module together in orbit. Construction of the world’s largest ship sailing the skies, rather than the seas, at more than 5 miles per second is under way. Since then, the massive structure in the sky has grown into an unprecedented construction site. (EB27062018V50)
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Zarya, launched on Nov. 20, 1998, was the first piece of the International Space Station. Also known as the Functional Cargo Block (FGB), it would provide a nucleus of orientation control, communications and electrical power while the station waited for its other elements. Two weeks later, on Dec. 4, 1998, NASA's space shuttle Endeavour launched Unity, the first U.S. piece of the complex, during the STS-88 mission.
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