International Space Station

This is all about the International Space Station

Missions and Timeline
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_manned_spaceflights_to_the_ISS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unmanned_spaceflights_to_the_ISS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISS_assembly_sequence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_of_the_International_Space_Station

Initial Construction

 * Nov 1998 - The Zarya utility module is launched by a Proton-K rocket.
 * Dec 1998 - STS-88 - The Unity module is launched by Space Shuttle Endeavor on and attached to Zarya's forward docking port.
 * Jul 2000 - The Zvezda service module is launched by a Proton-K rocket and remotely docked to the aft port of the Zarya module.
 * Sep 2000 - STS-106 completes connection of Zvezda to Zarya and deliver supplies.
 * Oct 11 2000 - STS-92 - The Space Shuttle Discovery delivers the the Z1 Truss attached to the zenith port of the Unity module. PMA-3 is also delivered.
 * Oct 2000 - Expedition 1 arrives to space station on board a Soyuz capsule
 * Nov 30 2000 - STS-97 - Endeavor delivers the P6 Truss Solar Array
 * Feb 2001 - STS-98 - The Space Shuttle Atlantis installs the Destiny US Laboratory to the forward docking port of the Unity module (moves the port that was in that spot to the forward port of Destiny).
 * Jul 2001 - STS-104 - Atlantis installs the Quest joint airlock to the starboard CBM of the Unity module, allowing both Russian and US spacewalks.
 * Sep 2001 - A Soyuz-U installs the Pirs docking compartment to the Nadir port of the Zvezda service module.
 * Apr 8 2002 - STS-110 - Atlantis delivers the S0 Truss
 * Oct 7 2002 - STS-112 - Atlantis delivers the S1 Truss
 * Nov 23 2003 - STS-113 - Endeavour delivers the P1 Truss

Shuttle Fleet Grounded

 * Apr 19 2004 - Soyuz TMA-4 - Launch, carrying Expedition 9 crew members Gennady Padalka (RSA, Commander) and Michael Fincke (NASA, Flight Engineer) as well as André Kuipers (ESA, Dutch)
 * Oct 14 2004 - Soyuz TMA-5 - Launch, carrying Expedition 10 crew members Leroy Chiao (NASA, Commander) and Salizhan Sharipov (RSA, Uzbekestan, Flight Engineer) as well as Yuri Shargin of the Russian Space Forces
 * Oct 24 2004 - Soyuz TMA-4 returns Gennady Padalka, Michael Fincke, and Yuri Shargin to Earth
 * Apr 15 2005 - Soyuz TMA-6 - Launch, carrying Expedition 11 crew members Sergei Krikalev (6, RSA, Commander) and John Phillips (2, NASA, Flight Engineer) and Roberto Vittori (ESA, Italy)
 * Apr 24 2005 - Soyuz TMA-5 returns Leroy Chiao, Salizhan Sharipov, and Roberto Vittori to Earth

Shuttle Back in Service

 * Jul 4 2006 - STS-121 - Launch of Shuttle Discovery to station. Brought Thomas Reiter (ESA, Germany, Flight Engineer) to Expedition 13
 * Sep 9 2006 - STS-115 - Launch of Shuttle Atlantis to station. Delivered P3 Truss and P4 Truss solar arrays.  Crew includes Commander Brent Jett (4), Pilot Chris Ferguson, Mission Specialists Steve MacLean (2, CSA, Canada), Dan Burbank (2), Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (1), and Joe Tanner (4)
 * Sep 18 2006 - Soyuz TMA-9 - Launch, carrying Expedition 14 crew members Mikhail Tyurin (RSA, Soyuz Commander -> Flight Engineer]], Michael Lopez-Alegria (RSA, Flight Engineer -> ISS Commander) and Iranian American Spaceflight Participant Anousheh Ansari
 * Sep 17 2006 - Atlantis undocks S S S and returns to Earth
 * Sep 29 2006 - Soyuz TMA-8 returns Pavel Vinogradov, Jeffrey Williams, and Anousheh Ansari to Earth
 * Oct 26 2006 - Progress M-58 (ISS-23 P) docks
 * Dec 9 2006 - STS-116 - Launch of Discovery to station. Brought P5 Truss spacer.  Delivered Sunita "Suni" Williams to Expedition 14.  Crew includes Commander Mark Polansky (2), Pilot William Oefelein (1), and Mission Specialists Nicholas Patrick (1), Robert Curbeam (3), Christer Fuglesang (1, ESA, Sweden), and Joan Higginbotham
 * Dec 19 2006 - Discovery undocks S S and returns Thomas Reiter to Earth
 * Jan 18 2007 - Progress M-59 (ISS-24P) docks
 * Mar 27 2007 - Progress M-58 undocks
 * Apr 7 2007 - Soyuz TMA-10 - Launch, carrying Expedition 15 crew members Oleg Kotov (RSA, Soyuz Commander -> ISS Flight Engineer) and Fyodor Yurchikhin (RSA, Flight Engineer -> ISS Commander) and Charles Simony (Hungarian American Space Tourist)
 * Apr 21 2007 - Soyuz TMA-9 returns Mikhail Tyurin, Michael Lopez-Alegria, and Charles Simonyi to Earth
 * May 15 2007 - Progress M-60 (ISS-25P) docks
 * Jun 8 2007 - STS-117 - Launch of Atlantis to station. Brought S3 Truss and S4 Truss Solar Arrays to station.  Brought Clayton Anderson (NASA, Mission Specialist -> Flight Engineer 2) to station.  Crew is Commander Frederick W. Sturckow (3), Pilot Lee Archambault (1), and Mission Specialists Patrick G. Forrester (2), Steven Swanson (1), John D. Olivas (1), and James F. Reilly (3)
 * Jun 19 2007 - Atlantis undocks S S S S and returns Sunita "Suni" Williams to Earth
 * Aug 1 2007 - Progress M-59 undocks
 * Aug 5 2007 - Progress M-61 docks
 * Aug 8 2007 - STS-118 - Launch of Shuttle Endeavour to space station, carrying the S5 Truss and a SPACEHAB Module. Crew includes commander Scott J. Kelly, Pilot Charles (Charlie) O. Hobaugh, and Mission Specialists Tracy E. Caldwell (1), Richard (Rick) A. Mastracchio (2), Dafydd (Dave) R. Williams (CSA), Barbara R. Morgan (1, US Educator), and Benjamin Alvin Drew, Jr. (1)
 * Aug 19 2007 - Endeavour undocks S SS
 * Sep 19 2007 - Progress M-60 undocks
 * Oct 10 2007 - Soyuz TMA-11 - Launch, carrying Expedition 16 crew members Peggy Witson (NASA, Soyuz Flight Engineer -> Commander), Yuri Malenchenko (RSA, Soyuz Flight Commander -> Flight Engineer 2), as well as the Malaysian Spaceflight Participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor
 * Oct 21 2007 - Soyuz TMA-10 returns Oleg Kotov, Fyodor Yurchikhin, and Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to Earth.
 * Oct 23 2007 - STS-120 - Launch of Discovery, which delivers Daniel M. Tani (NASA, Flight Engineer) to Expedition 16 and moved the P6 Truss solar array. Crew is Commander Pamela Melroy, Pilot George D. Zamka, and Mission Specialists Scott E. Parazynski, Stephanie Wilson, Douglas H. Wheelock, and Paolo A. Nespoli (ESA, Italy)
 * Oct 2007 - Space Shuttle Discovery delivers the Harmony node and places it on the forward port of the Destiny laboratory
 * Nov 5 2007 - Space Shuttle Discovery undocks S S and returns Clayton Anderson to Earth.
 * Dec 22 2007 - Progress M-61 undocks
 * Dec 26 2007 - Progress M-62 (ISS-27P) docks
 * Feb 4 2008 - Progress M-62 undocks
 * Feb 7 2008 - Progress M-63 (ISS-28P) docks
 * Feb 7 2008 - STS-122 - Launch of Atlantis, which delivers Léopold Eyharts (ESA, France, Flight Engineer) to expedition 16 and Columbus lab to the ISS. Crew is Commander Stephen Frick, Pilot Alan G. Poindexter, and mission specialists Leland D. Melvin, Rex J. Walheim, Hans Schlegel (ESA, Germany), and Stanley G. Love
 * Feb 11 2008 - Space Shuttle Atlantis installs the Columbus lab on the starboard port of Harmony
 * Feb 20 2008 - Atlantis returns Daniel Tani to Earth.
 * Mar 8 2008 - Jules Verne (the first ATV) launches
 * Mar 11 2008 - STS-123 - Shuttle Endeavor launches, delivers JEM-ELM and Garret E. Reisman to Expedition 16. Crew is Commander Dominic Gorie, Pilot Gregory H. Johnson, and Mission Specialists Richard M. Linnehan, Robert Behnken, Michael J. Foreman, and Takao Doi (JAXA)
 * Mar 2008 Endeavor installs the JEM-ELM (Experimental Logistics Module)
 * Mar/Apr 2008 Endeavor returns Léopold Eyharts to Earth
 * Apr 8 2008 - Soyuz TMA-12 - Launch, carrying Expedition 17 crew members Sergei Volkov (RSA, Commander), Oleg Kononenko (RSA, Flight Engineer), and Ko San (South Korea, Spaceflight Participant)
 * Apr 19 2008 - Soyuz TMA-11 returns Yuri Malenchenko, Peggy Whitson, and Ko San
 * Apr 24 2008 - STS-124 - Shuttle Discovery launches, delivers JEM-PM and Gregory Chamitoff (NASA, Flight Engineer). Crew is Commander Mark E. Kelly, Pilot Kenneth Ham, and Mission Specialists Karen L. Nyberg, Ronald J. Garan, Jr., Michael E. Fossum, and Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA)
 * Apr 2008 Discovery installs the JEM-PM (Pressurized Module)
 * May 5 2008 - Discovery returns Garret Reisman to Earth
 * Oct 12 2008 - Soyuz TMA-13 - Launch, carrying Expedition 18 crew members Salizhan Sharipov (RSA, Commander), Michael Fincke (NASA, Flight Engineer), and Richard Garriott (US Space Adventures Tourist)
 * Oct 2008 - Soyuz TMA-12 returns Sergei Volkov, Oleg Kononenko, and Richard Garriott to Earth
 * Nov 2008 - STS-199 - Discovery delivers the S6 Truss solar array.

Pressurized Modules

 * {Soyuz or Progress or ATV}
 * Zvezda Module
 * N - Pirs Airlock
 * N - Docking Cargo Module (future)
 * Zarya Module
 * N - {Soyuz or Progress} (temporary)
 * N - Multipurpose Laboratory Module (future)
 * PMA-1
 * Unity Node
 * P - PMA-3 (temporary)
 * Z - Z1 Truss Segment
 * Z1 - PMA-3 (past, temporary)
 * Z2 - P6 Truss Segment (past, temporary)
 * S - Quest Airlock
 * N - {MPLM}
 * N - Node 3 (future)
 * N - PMA-3 (future location)
 * {Orion or Space Shuttle}
 * F - Cupola (future)
 * PMA-2 (past, temporary)
 * Destiny Lab
 * Z - S0 Truss Segment
 * PMA-2 (past, temporary)
 * Harmony Node
 * P - JEM-PM
 * Z - JEM-ELM (future, temporary)
 * Z - CAM (cancelled)
 * S - Columbus Lab
 * N - Multipurpose Laboratory Module - (future, temporary)
 * PMA-2
 * {Space Shuttle}

Integrated Truss

 * S6 Truss Segment (future) (Solar Arrays)
 * S5 Truss Segment (Spacer)
 * S3/4 Truss Segment (Solar Arrays)
 * S1 Truss Segment (Solar Arrays)
 * S0 Truss Segment
 * N - Destiny Lab
 * P1 Truss Segment (Solar Arrays)
 * P3/4 Truss Segment (Solar Arrays)
 * P5 Truss Segment
 * P6 Truss Segment (Solar Arrays)

Support Vehicles
Future
 * Space Shuttle
 * Shuttle Columbia - a Space Shuttle
 * Shuttle Atlantis - another Space Shuttle
 * Shuttle Discovery - another Space Shuttle
 * Shuttle Endeavor - another Space Shuttle
 * Soyuz
 * Soyuz-TM Spacecraft - Earlier type of Soyuz (1986-2003)
 * Soyuz-TMA Spacecraft - Current type (2003-present)
 * Soyuz TMA-11 - currently docked at station
 * Progress Spacecraft - a cargo vehicle
 * Automated Transfer Vehicle
 * Jules Verne
 * H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV)
 * Dragon
 * Orion - a replacement space shuttle under construction

Support Modules
MPLM - Multi-purpose Logistics Modules Future
 * Leonardo - an MPLM (Multi-purpose Logistics Module) carried by a space shuttle and berthed to Unity for transfering cargo to the space station.
 * Raffaello - another MPLM
 * Donatello - another MPLM
 * SPACEHAB Module - A cargo module delivered via Space Shuttle
 * ARCTUS - a cargo ship

Rockets

 * Soyuz FG Launch Vehicle

Ground Operations
Baikonur Cosmodrome - Launch center for the Soyuz

Common Components

 * International Standard Payload Rack
 * Power Data Grapple Fixtures
 * Robotic Work Station RWS (LCD Screen)

Equipment
Spacesuits
 * Orlan space suit - Russian space suit

Organizations

 * NASA - National Air and Space Administration (US)
 * ESA - European Space Agency
 * RSA - Russian Space Agency
 * Angkasawan program - Malaysian space program

Previous Space Stations

 * Salyut Program
 * Salyut 1 (1971-1971)
 * DOS 2 (1972, launch failure)
 * Salyut 2/Almaz (1973, failed shortly after launch)
 * Cosmos 557 (1973, re-entered 11 days after launch)
 * Salyut 3/Almaz (1974) (1 crew and 1 failed docking)
 * Salyut 4 (1975) (2 crews)
 * Salyut 5/Almaz (1975) (2 crews and 1 failed docking)
 * Salyut 6 (1977-1981) (16 crews)
 * Salyut 7 (1982-1986) (10 crews)
 * Skylab (1973-1974) (3 crews)
 * Mir (1986-2000) (28 crews)

Planned Stations Replaced by ISS

 * Space Station Freedom -> Space Station Alpha
 * Mir 2
 * Space Station Columbus
 * Space Station Kibo