14+ When Was The International Space Station Built Images

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14+ When Was The International Space Station Built Images. The international space station (iss) took 10 years and more than 30 missions to assemble. It serves as a home where crews of astronauts and cosmonauts live.

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Our new life off earth | international space station. The iss is the single most expensive object ever built. The robot arms were used to help build the space station.

The international space station has its origins in 1984, when president ronald reagan, in his state of the union address, directed nasa to build a space outpost within the next 10 years.

The last part, a bigelow module was added in 2016. It was put together in low earth orbit up until 2011, but other bits have been added since then. If you have a question you'd like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. The international space station (iss).