the international space station went into space on 12 april 1981.
the international space station went into space on 12 april 1981.
when did the international space station go into space?
12 april 1981
the unifying efforts to create the international space station took form in december of 1998 as the space shuttle "endeavor" launched from the kennedy space center. collectively, 18 nations took some part in the development and construction of space station and the five notable agencies that encompassed these 18 nations were nasa, roscosmos, the european space agency, the canadian space agency and the national space development agency of japan. the international space station serves as a depot of collaboration across the world for innovative research, human health research, global education and earth observation. the international space station itself contains complex sensors including light detection and ranging systems which help in our understanding of sea surface winds and atmospheric transportation patterns. additional astronaut observation from the station with powerful cameras provides detailed images of the earth and panoramic views of the atmosphere of the earth.
benefits of space exploration
the international space station program 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, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and station resupply. these agreements tie together the five space agencies and their respective international space station programs and govern how they interact with each other on a daily basis to maintain station operations, from traffic control of spacecraft to and from the station, to utilization of space and crew time. in spring 2010, the international space station program managers from each of the five partner agencies were presented with aviation week's laureate award in the space category, and nasa's international space station program was awarded the 2009 collier trophy.
international space station program