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The International Space Station came into being 1998 December 13 at 20:25 GMT (15:25 EST, and December 14 at 00:25 in Moscow) when the Zarya/Unity combination was released into free flight by Space Shuttle Endeavour.
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Zarya and Unity - covers the first elements going into space and the work done by space shuttle crews in preparing the station for habitation.
Zvezda Arrives - the third module finds its way into space and links up with Zarya, Shuttle crews continue to build on to the station by adding the Z-1 Truss and connecting PMA-3 to Unity.
Expedition 1 - Bill Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev go aboard to become the station's first crew while Shuttle visits add further elements to the ISS including the Destiny module.
Expedition 2 - Yuri Usachev, James Voss and Susan Helms take over - 2001 March, and the US 'Quest' airlock arrives.
Expedition 3 - Culbertson, Dezhurov and Tyurin oversee the arrival of the Russian 'Pirs' airlock.
Expedition 4 - Onufrienko, Walz and Bursch - 2001 December, more spacewalks and construction continues.
Expedition 5 - Korzun, Whitson and Treschev arrive - 2002 June.
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