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 * Category 4 – Space Station **
 * Skylab missions || NASA Past ||
 * Mir || NASA Past ||
 * International Space Station || NASA Current ||

NASA PAST Missions http://www.nasa.gov/missions/past/index.html NASA CURRENT Missions http://www.nasa.gov/missions/current/index.html

Expedition 1: Russian Soyuz Rocket launched from Kazakhstan on October 31 Expedition 2: Discovery Launched March 8, 2001 Expedition 3: Discovery Aug. 10, 2001 Expedition 4: Endeavor launched Dec. 5, 2001 Expedition 5: Endeavor launched June 5, 2002 Expedition 6: Endeavor launched Nov. 23, 2002 Expedition 7: Soyuz launched from Kazakhstan April 25, 2003 Expedition 8: Soyuz launched from Kazakhstan October 18, 2003 Expedition 9: Soyuz launched from Kazakhstan April 18, 2004 Expedition 10: Soyuz launched from Kazakhstan October 13, 2004

Expedition 11: Soyuz 10 launched April 14, 2005 Expedition 12: Soyuz 11 launched September 30, 2005 Expedition 13: Soyuz 12 launched March 29, 2006 Expedition 14: Soyuz 13 launched September 18, 2006 Expedition 15: Soyuz 14 launched April 17, 2007 Expedition 16: Soyuz 15 launched October 10, 2007 Expedition 17: Soyuz launched April 8, 2008

The international space station has a 32-foot-long ATV ( Automated Transfer Vehicle) that supplies it with liquids and gases. The ATV is capable of carrying 16,800 pounds of cargo. It's main engines can reboost the space station.

It has been visited by the U.S., Russia, Canada, Italy, Belguim, Netherlands, Brazil, Switzerland, Japan, South Africa, Spain and Germany. A total of 140 people have visited.

The space station currently weighs 482,000 lbs.

Parts; Solar panels that convert sunlight to DC power A radiator to cool down the station's systems Zvezda Service Module: contributed by Russia and allows human habitation for the station Japanese Expirement Module Node and Cupola; recycles water and oxygen Columbus Laboratory: contribution from Europe Soyuz: used as a spacecraft at first, but then added onto the station as a lifeboat which can carry 3 members back to earth in case of emergency