International Space Station

This is all about the International Space Station http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISS http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

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

Currently at ISS
Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko ESA Flight Engineer Léopold Eyharts

Initial Construction

 * Nov 1998 - The Zarya Module is launched by a Proton-K rocket.
 * Dec 6 1998 - STS-88 - Shuttle Endeavor docks S S S and carries Unity Node.
 * Dec 1998 - The Unity node is attached to Zarya's forward docking port.
 * Dec 13 1998 - Endeavor undocks S and returns to Earth.
 * Jun 3 1999 - Discovery undocks S S S and returns to Earth
 * May 26 2000 - Shuttle undocks S S and returns to Earth
 * Jul 2000 - The Zvezda Module service module is launched by a Proton-K rocket and remotely docked to the aft port of the Zarya module.
 * Sep 10 2000 - Atlantis docks S
 * Sep 2000 - STS-106 completes connection of Zvezda to Zarya and deliver supplies.
 * Sep 18 2000 - Atlantis undocks S S S S and returns to Earth.
 * Oct 2000 - STS-92 - The Shuttle Discovery docks S with station.
 * Oct 2000 - STS-92 - 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
 * Oct 26 2000 - Discovery undocks S and returns to Earth
 * Dec 2 2000 - STS-97 - Endeavor docks S S with the P6 Truss Solar Array
 * Dec 9 2000 - Endeavour undocks S S S and returns to Earth.
 * Feb 2001 - STS-98 - V 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).
 * Feb 16 2001 - Atlantis undocks S S S S and returns to Earth.
 * Mar 18 2001 - Discovery undocks S S S S S and returns to Earth
 * Apr 29 2001 - Endevour undocks, performs a fly-around survey S S S, and returns to Earth.
 * Jul 2001 - STS-104 - Atlantis installs the Quest joint airlock to the starboard CBM of the Unity module, allowing both Russian and US spacewalks.
 * Jul 21 2001 - Atlantis undocks S S and returns to Earth.
 * Aug 20 2001 - Discovery undocks S S S and returns to Earth.
 * Sep 2001 - A Soyuz-U installs the Pirs docking compartment to the Nadir port of the Zvezda service module.
 * Dec 15 2001 - Endeavor undocks and flies around the ISS S S and returns to Earth
 * Apr 8 2002 - STS-110 - Atlantis delivers the S0 Truss
 * Apr 17 2002 - Atlantis undocks S S S and returns to Earth.
 * Jun 16 2002 - Endeavor undocks S S S and returns to Earth.
 * Oct 7 2002 - STS-112 - Atlantis delivers the S1 Truss
 * Oct 16 2002 - Atlantis undocks S S S S and returns to Earth
 * Nov 23 2002 - STS-113 - Endeavour delivers the P1 Truss
 * Dec 2 2002 - Endeavor undocks S S and returns to Earth
 * Jan 16 2003 - STS-107 - Columbia launches
 * Feb 1 2003 - Columbia disintegrates while landing

Expedition 8

 * Apr 26 2003 - Soyuz TMA-2 launch Expedition 7

Expedition 8

 * Oct 18 2003 - Soyuz TMA-3 launches Expedition 8

Expedition 9

 * 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)

Expedition 10

 * 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

Expedition 11

 * 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 26 2005 - STS-114 - Shuttle Discovery makes "Return to Flight" voyage and resupplies station.   Crew includes Commander Eileen M. Collins, Pilot Jim Kelly, and Mission Specialists Soichi Noguchi (1, JAXA), Stephen Robinson (3), Andy Thomas (4), Wendy Lawrence (4), and Charlie Camarda (1)
 * Aug 6 2005 - Discovery undocks S S S and returns to Earth.

Expedition 12

 * Oct 1 2005 - Soyuz TMA-7 - Launch, carrying Expedition 12 crew members Valery Tokarev (RSA, Commander), William McArthur (NASA, Flight Engineer), and American Space Tourist Gregory Olsen
 * Oct 11 2005 - Soyuz TMA-6 returns Sergei Krikalev and John Phillips and Gregory Olson to Earth

Expedition 13

 * Mar 30 2006 - Soyuz TMA-8 - Launch, carrying Expedition 13 crew members Pavel Vinogradov, RSA, Commander, Jeffrey Williams, NASA, Flight Engineer, Science Offier, and Brazilian Spaceflight Participant Marcos Pontes
 * Apr 8 2006 - Soyuz TMA-7 returns Valery Tokarev, William McArthur, and Marcos Pontes to Earth
 * 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 17 2006 - Atlantis undocks S S S and returns to Earth

Expedition 14

 * 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 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

Expedition 15

 * 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

Before Shuttle Missions

 * 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.

STS-120

 * 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.

Between Shuttle Missions

 * Nov 9 2007 - Spacewalk N: Station Spacewalk Prepares for PMA, Harmony Moves
 * Nov 20 2007 - Spacewalk N: Spacewalkers to Hook Up Harmony at its New Location
 * Nov 24 2007 - Spacewalk N: Spacewalkers Complete More Harmony Hookup Work
 * Dec 18 2007 - Spacewalk N Spacewalkers Find No Solar Wing Smoking Gun
 * Dec 22 2007 - Progress M-61 undocks
 * Dec 26 2007 - Progress M-62 (ISS-27P) docks
 * Jan 30 2007 - Spacewalk N Spacewalkers Replace Solar Wing Motor
 * Feb 4 2008 - Progress M-62 undocks
 * Feb 7 2008 - Progress M-63 (ISS-28P) docks

STS-122

 * Feb X 2008 - STS-122 Prelaunch activities: Suiting Up V Flight Training V Strapping V Teamwork V Office V Walk V Flight to Floridy for TCDT V, Suit up for Bailout practice V Escort to launch V
 * Feb 7 2008 - STS-122 N V - Launch V 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 8 2008 - Flight Day 2 Wakeup Call V "Book of Love" for ESA Astronaut Léopold Eyharts.
 * Feb 9 2008 - Flight Day 3 Wakeup Call V "Prairie Home Companion" for Commander Stephen Frick
 * Feb 9 2008 - Peggy celebrates her 48th birthday on the station
 * Feb 10 2008 - Flight Day 4 Wakeup Call V "Maenner" for ESA astronaut German Schlegal
 * Feb 11 2008 - Flight Day 5 Wakeup Call V "Fly Like an Eagle" for Leland
 * Feb 11 2008 EVA 1 - Installation of the Columbus lab on the starboard port of Harmony n
 * Feb 12 2008 - Columbus hatch open for the first time n
 * Feb 12 2008 - Flight Day 6 Wake up Call "Dream Come True" for Mission Specialist Rex Walheim.
 * Feb 12 2008 - EVA 2 - P1 Truss Nitrogen (N2) assembly installation
 * Feb 13 2008 - Flight Day 7 Wake Up Call V "Oysters and Pearls" for Pilot Alan Poindexter
 * Feb 15 2008 - Leland celebrates his birthday in the Shuttle.
 * Feb 15 2008 - EVA 3 - Installation of SOLAR Telescope and EuTEF n
 * Feb XX 2008 - News conference with both crews V
 * Feb 20 2008 - Atlantis returns Daniel Tani to Earth. It lands V on Feb 20.

Between Shuttle Missions
-- Today Feb 21 --
 * Mar 8 2008 - Jules Verne (the first ATV) launches

STS-123

 * 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

Expedition 17 (future)

 * - Kimchi goes to space n
 * 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

Expedition 18 (future)

 * 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 -
 * Dec 4 2008 - STS-119 - W Discovery launches and delivers the S6 Truss solar array. It will bring Koichi Wakata W (JAXA) to Expedition 18 to the station.  Crew members include commander Lee J. Archambault W, pilot Dominic A. Antonelli W, mission specialists John L. Phillips W and Steven R. Swanson W and mission specialist educators Joseph M. Acaba W and Richard R. Arnold W
 * Dec X 2008 - Discovery lands, returning Sandra Magnus to Earth

Expedition 19 (future)

 * Mar 25 2009 - Soyuz TMA-14 W - Launch, carrying Expedition 19 the crew members Gennady Padalka W(Commander, RSA), Michael Barratt W (Flight Engineer 1, NASA) and possibly the last Space Adventures station tourist until the Orion is in service
 * NET Mar 12 2009 - STS-127 W - Shuttle Endeavor launches with the JEM Exposed Facility, carrying Expedition 19 crew member Timothy Kopra 1. Crew includes Commander Mark L. Polansky W, pilot Douglas G. Hurley W, and mission specialists Christopher J. Cassidy W, Thomas H. Marshburn W, David A. Wolf W, and Julie Payette W (CSA)
 * NET Mar 27 2009 - Endeavor returns Koichi Wataka to Earth
 * Spring 2009 - STS-128 W - Atlantis launches, bringing MPLM Donatello with equipment for enlarging the station crew capacity from 3 to 6. It will bring Expedition 19 crew member Nicole Stott, the last crew member launched by Space Shuttle.
 * Spring 2009 - Atlantis lands, returning Timothy Kopra to Earth
 * Jul 2009 - Soyuz TMA-15 W - Launch, carrying additional Expedition 19 crew members Yuri Lonchakov W (RSA, Soyuz Commander), Frank De Winne W (Belgium), and Canada's first long-term occupant of the station, Robert Thirsk W
 * Sep 2009 - Soyuz TMA-14 returns Gennady Padalka, Michael Barrat, and a TBD occupant
 * TBD - Soyuz TMA-15 returns Yuri Lonchakov, Frank De Winne, and Nicole Stott

Tours

 * Flyaround Tour V News on Nasa Tour V
 * Six Months in the Space Station V ISS Daily Life V

Pressurized Modules

 * {Soyuz or Progress or ATV}
 * Zvezda Module
 * N - Pirs Airlock
 * {Progress or Soyuz or Orlan EVA}
 * 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 E
 * 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
 * Columbus Control Centre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany: E
 * Eastern Shore Spaceport - Could become a key outpost for commercial flights to the space station after shuttle retires n

Science Support System

 * International Standard Payload Rack

EVA Support System

 * Power Data Grapple Fixtures
 * Robotic Work Station RWS (LCD Screen)

Electrical System

 * Solar Array Wing (SAW)
 * Beta Gimbal Assembly (BGA)
 * Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ)
 * Utility Transfer Assembly (UTA)
 * Sequential Shunt Unit (SSU)
 * Battery Charge/Discharge Unit (BCDU)
 * DCSU
 * Battery Assembly
 * IEA
 * Radiators
 * Solar Array Blanket
 * Solar Array
 * Solar Array Blanket Box
 * Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System (only on PMA-2)

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