Assembly

Assembly of the International Space Station began in 1998 and is scheduled to be completed in mid 2006. A total of 50 flights will be required. This is all subject to change. The July 2000 launch of the habitation module was 2 years behind schedule. This schedule is very volatile. In fact, any flight after 10A remains under review and both content and dates are subject to change.

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Assembly Sequence
1A/R	Zarya control module	COMPLETE - Proton Rocket, Launched Nov. 20, 1998
2A	Unity Connecting Module 2 Pressurized Mating Adapters	COMPLETE - STS-88, 4-15 Dec 1998
2A.1	Spacehab Double Cargo Module	COMPLETE - STS-96, 27 May - 6 June 1999
2A.2a	Spacehab Double Cargo Module	COMPLETE - STS-101, 19-29 May 2000
1R	Zvezda Service Module	COMPLETE - Proton Rocket, Launched 12 July 2000, Docked July 26
2A.2b	Spacehab Double Cargo Module	COMPLETE - STS-106, 8-20 September 2000
3A	Integrated Truss Structure PMA-3 Ku-band communications system Control Moment Gyros	COMPLETE - STS-92, 11-24 October 2000
2R	Soyuz-TM 31	COMPLETE - First crew launched 31 October 2000; Station occupied on 2 November 2000
4A	Integrated Truss Structure Photovoltaic Module Radiators	COMPLETE - STS-97, 30 November - 11 December 2000
5A	U.S. Destiny Laboratory Module	COMPLETE - STS-98, 7-20 February 2001
5A.1	Destiny Laboratory Outfitting Leonardo Multipurpose Logistics Module (MPLM)	COMPLETE - STS-102, crew exchange, 9-21 March 2001
6A	Raffaello MPLM UHF antenna Remote Manipulator System	COMPLETE - STS-100, 19 April - 1 May 2001
7A	Joint Airlock High Pressure Gas Assembly	COMPLETE - STS-104, 12-25 July 2001
7A.1	Leonardo MPLM	COMPLETE - STS-105, crew exchange - 10-22 August 2001
4R	Docking Compartment-1 (Pirs)	COMPLETE - Soyuz Rocket - Launched 14 September 2001
UF-1	Raffaello MPLM PV Module Batteries	COMPLETE - STS-108, December 5-17, 2001
8A	Central truss segment Mobile Transporter (MT)	COMPLETE - STS-110, 8-19 April 2002
UF-2	Leonardo MPLM Payload racks Mobile Base System (MBS) Crew rotation	COMPLETE - STS-111, 5-19 June 2002
9A	First starboard truss segment Radiators Crew and Equipment Translation Aid Cart A	COMPLETE - STS-112 - 7-18 October 2002
11A	First port truss segment Crew and Equipment Translation Aid Cart B Crew rotation	COMPLETE - STS-113 - 24 November - 7 December 2002
LF1	Raffaello MPLM Logistics Flight External Stowage Platform (ESP-2)	COMPLETE - STS-114 - 26 July - 9 August 2005
ULF1.1	Utilization and Logistics Flight	COMPLETE - STS-121 - 4 July 2006
12A	Second left-side port truss segment Solar array and batteries Leonardo MPLM	COMPLETE - STS-115 - 9 September 2006
12A.1	Third port truss segment SPACEHAB single cargo module Logistics and supplies	COMPLETE - STS-116 - 10 December 2006
13A	Second starboard truss segment Solar array set and batteries	COMPLETE STS-117 - 8 June 2007
13A.1	SPACEHAB single cargo module Third starboard truss segment Logistics and supplies	COMPLETE - STS-118 - 8 August 2007
10A	Harmony Node 2	COMPLETE - STS-120 - 23 October 2007
1E	European Laboratory - Columbus Orbital Facility	COMPLETE - STS-122 - 7 February 2008
1J/A	Japanese Experiment Module Experiment Logistics Module Science Power Platform solar arrays	COMPLETE - STS-123 - 11 March 2008
1J	Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Japanese Remote Manipulator System	COMPLETE - STS-124 - 31 May 2008
ULF2	MPLM Utilization and Logistics Flight	STS-126 - 16 October 2008 Proposed
15A	Fourth starboard truss segment Solar Arrays and Batteries	STS-119 - 4 December 2008 Proposed
3R	MPLM with European Robotic Arm (ERA)	Proton Rocket - Under review
2J/A	Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility Japanese Experiment Logistics Module - Exposed Section (ELM-ES) Additional Science Power Platform (SPP) solar arrays	STS-127 - Under review
HTV-1	Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle	H-IIB - Under review
17A	MPLM Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier (LMC) Three crew quarters, galley, second treadmill (TVIS2), Crew Health Care System 2 (CHeCS 2)	STS-128 - Under review
ULF3	EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 (ELC1) EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 2 (ELC2)	STS-129 - Under review
19A	Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier (LMC)	STS-130 - Under review
ULF4	EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 3 (ELC3) EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 4 (ELC4)	STS-131 - Contingency flight - Under review
20A	Node 3 With Cupola	STS-132 - Under review
ULF5	EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 5 (ELC5) EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 (ELC1)	STS-133 - Contingency flight - Under review
9R	Research Module	Proton Rocket - Under review

Last update - 19-Jul-2008