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The program involves more than 100,000
people at space agencies and hundreds of contractor and
subcontractor companies around the world.
.....On-orbit assembly
begins in 1998, with the new star appearing in the night
sky and growing brighter as each additional component is
delivered to space. The space station is scheduled for
completion in 2004.
With the International Space Station, a permanent
laboratory will be established in a realm where gravity,
temperature and pressure can be manipulated to achieve
numerous scientific and engineering pursuits that are
impossible in ground-based laboratories. The space
station will be a test bed for the technologies of the
future and a laboratory for research on new, advanced
industrial materials, communications technology, medical
research and much more.
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