25年前: 国际空间站的第一批部件
The mated Russian-built Zarya (left) and U.S.-built Unity modules are backdropped against the blackness of space and Earth’s horizon shortly after leaving Endeavour’s cargo bay on Dec. 13, 1998. A few days earlier, on Dec. 6, 1998, the space shuttle Endeavour, mission STS-88, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying the Unity connecting module and two pressurized mating adapters. The same day, the STS-88 crew captured the Russian Zarya module, launched Nov. 20, and mated it with the Unity node. Unity was the first piece of the International Space Station provided by the United States.
The components in the current space station were built in various countries around the world, with each piece performing once connected in space by complex robotics systems and humans in spacesuits—a testament to teamwork and cultural coordination.
Learn more about the space station, including its assembly.
Image Credit: NASA
1998年12月13日，俄罗斯制造的曙光号（左）和美国制造的团结号模块在离开奋进号货舱后不久，在黑暗的太空和地球地平线的背景下对接。几天前，即1998年12月6日，奋进号航天飞机STS-88任务从NASA位于佛罗里达州的肯尼迪航天中心发射，携带团结号连接舱和两个加压对接适配器。同一天，STS-88机组人员捕获了11月20日发射的俄罗斯曙光号模块，并将其与团结号节点对接。团结号是美国为国际空间站提供的第一个部件。
目前空间站的部件是在世界上不同的国家建造的，每一个部件都是由复杂的机器人系统和穿着宇航服的人在太空中连接起来，这是团队合作和文化协调的证明。
影像来源：NASA