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This page is about international space station. ISS is under construction in space. The first elements Zarya and unity (node one) are already in space. About sixteen countries are NASA patner in construction of ISS. The next module will launch at 12:56 am (EST) july 12. It is a Russian build module called Zvezda(star). It will launch in Russia on a proton Rocket after delay of two years. The recent space shuttle mission was STS 101 in which mission specialist did some EVA, space walks. On board ISS they also change filters, batteries and smoke detector. The next space shuttle mission STS 106 will launch in september after Zvezda launch. On STS 106 mission astronaunts will perform some space walks to connect electric wires with other modules. The first crew of the ISS will go in space at the end of this year. Almost 45 STS missions require to build ISS. The construction will end in 2006, without any farther delays.

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