NASAのインスタグラム(nasa) - 11月21日 01時12分

Celebrating 15 Years (#ISS15) Since the Sunrise: Two weeks after the Zarya was launched into orbit on Nov. 20, 1998, Endeavour launched Unity, the first U.S. piece of the complex, during the STS-88 mission. In this image, blanketing clouds form the backdrop for this 70mm scene of the connected Zarya and Unity modules after having been released from NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour's cargo bay a bit earlier. The two space modules built on opposite sides of the planet were joined together in space, making the space station truly international.
The Russian Space Agency, now known as Roscosmos, launched a Proton rocket that lifted the pressurized module called Zarya, or “sunrise,” into orbit. This launch would truly be the dawn of the largest international cooperation effort in space to ever come to light.
Zarya was the first piece of the International Space Station. Also known as the Functional Cargo Block (FGB), it would provide a nucleus of orientation control, communications and electrical power while the station waited for its other elements, including the Zvezda service module and Unity.
CREDIT: NASA
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