Space station

a manned orbital station used as a multipurpose space research complex. ISS is a joint international project involving 14 countries: the United States, Russia, Japan, Canada and the European Space Agency member states Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, France, Switzerland, Sweden [11] [12] [13]. Initially, the participants were Brazil and Britain [comm. ### ################ ### is managed by: the Russian segment from the Space Flight Control Center in Korolev, the US segment from the ###### ####### Flight Control Center in Houston. The management of the laboratory modules - the European Columbus and the Japanese Kibo - is controlled by the European Space Agency (Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Tsukuba, Japan) [14]. There is a constant exchange of information between the Centers.