The International Space Station is a global cooperative programme between the United States, Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe, for the joint development, operation and utilisation of a permanently habitated space station in low Earth orbit.
The International Space Station will comprise several pressurised modules in which an international crew of up to seven astronauts can live and work. External platforms will make it possible to install observation and measurement instruments on the Station and to test out new technologies in the real space environment.
