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A Proton-K rocket launching the Zarya module, the first piece of the International Space Station, in 1998.

Photo: NASA / Public domain (US government work)

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  1. Salyut 1: How the First Space Station Was Built From Almaz

    Scott Manley

  2. Mir Space Station: Building and Ending a 15-Year Orbital Outpost

    Megaprojects

  3. ISS Story: From Zarya’s 1998 Launch to Planned De-Orbit

    DW Documentary

  4. Mir: 15 Years of Modules, Mold, Fire and a Progress Collision

    Classic Aerospace History

  5. Mir Space Station: Why Its Design Made It a Success

    Alexander the ok

  6. ISS History: Assembly, Crises and the Plan to Deorbit by 2030

    Classic Aerospace History

  7. How the ISS Was Assembled: Modules, Gyros, Canadarm2 and Cooling

    Real Engineering
Play video: How the ISS Was Assembled: Modules, Gyros, Canadarm2 and Cooling

How the ISS Was Assembled: Modules, Gyros, Canadarm2 and Cooling

Real Engineering

Duration 36:05

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Dates are when each video was first published on YouTube.

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  1. Mir: 15 Years of Modules, Mold, Fire and a Progress Collision

    DocumentaryClassic Aerospace History · 45:51

  2. Mir Space Station: Building and Ending a 15-Year Orbital Outpost

    DocumentaryMegaprojects · 19:15

    Mission: Mir (1986)

  3. ISS Story: From Zarya’s 1998 Launch to Planned De-Orbit

    DocumentaryDW Documentary · 28:26

    Mission: International Space Station (1998)

  4. Mir Space Station: Why Its Design Made It a Success

    DocumentaryAlexander the ok · 1:03:26

  5. Salyut 1: How the First Space Station Was Built From Almaz

    DocumentaryScott Manley · 14:49

    Mission: Salyut 1 (1971)

  6. ISS History: Assembly, Crises and the Plan to Deorbit by 2030

    DocumentaryClassic Aerospace History · 1:13:57

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