The First Piece of the Space Station! 🛰️ Zarya Launches

Описание: On November 20, 1998, the construction of the International Space Station (ISS) officially began with the launch of the Zarya ("Sunrise") control module from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Built by Russia but funded by the United States, Zarya was designed to provide the station's initial propulsion and power. Two weeks later, the US Shuttle Endeavour would bring the Unity node to connect to it, beginning the assembly of the massive orbital laboratory we have today.

Source: NASA History Program / Russian Space Web

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