September 2, 1993
Vice President Al Gore and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin signed a historic agreement to merge their respective space station programs, laying the foundation for the International Space Station (ISS).
January 1, 1995
NASA formalized a groundbreaking $750 million contract with Boeing Defense & Space Group to construct the Unity Module, the first U.S. component of the International Space Station. This crucial agreement marked a significant milestone in space exploration history.
September 29, 1998
The International Space Station's official assembly sequence was approved during a historic meeting of the ISS Multilateral Control Board in Moscow, establishing the blueprint for humanity's most ambitious space construction project.
November 20, 1998
The International Space Station's construction officially began with the launch of its first module, Zarya, from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome. This historic event marked the start of humanity's largest international cooperative space project.
The first module of the International Space Station, Zarya, was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, marking the beginning of humanity's largest space collaboration project.
The Zarya module, first component of the International Space Station, was launched on November 20, 1998, marking a historic collaboration between Russia and the United States in space exploration.
December 6, 1998
The historic connection of Unity Node 1, the first US-built component, to the Russian Zarya module marked the beginning of International Space Station construction. This milestone achievement occurred during the STS-88 mission aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour.
