1986–2000: Stations, Global Partnerships and Flagship Observatories
Zarya / International Space Station assembly begins
First ISS module; start of a continuously inhabited international laboratory.
Era 3 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- 20 Nov 1998
- Lead / partner
- International partnership
- Target
- Earth orbit
- Category
- Space station
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- unknown
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- unknown
Why it happened
Zarya / International Space Station assembly begins flew during 1986–2000: Stations, Global Partnerships and Flagship Observatories, as part of International partnership's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: First ISS module; start of a continuously inhabited international laboratory.
Results
First ISS module; start of a continuously inhabited international laboratory.
Related missions
Sources & image credits
- Image credit: NASA (STS-130) · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-22)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog
