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* [[Cold rolling]]
* [[Cold rolling]]
* Computer-aided [[welding]]
* Computer-aided [[welding]]
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| [[Zvezda (ISS module)|''Zvezda'']] (Service Module)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/sm.html|title=Zvezda Service Module|publisher=NASA|date=11 March 2009|accessdate=2009-03-11| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090323030726/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/sm.html| archivedate= 23 March 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
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*[[Sheet metal]] [[cold rolling]]
*[[Sheet metal]] [[cold rolling]]
*[[Electroforming]]
*[[Electroforming]]
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| [[File:Zvezda Service Module under construction.jpg|110px]]
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| [[Integrated Truss Structure#Z1 truss|Z1 Truss]] & [[Pressurized Mating Adapter|PMA]]-3
| [[Integrated Truss Structure#Z1 truss|Z1 Truss]] & [[Pressurized Mating Adapter|PMA]]-3
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* [[Ad Astra Rocket Company]]
* [[Ad Astra Rocket Company]]
| [[Michoud Assembly Facility]]
| [[Michoud Assembly Facility]]
*[[Marshall Space Flight Center]]
*[[Operations and Checkout Building]]
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*[[Steel]]
*[[Steel]]
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*[[Investment Casting]]
*[[Investment Casting]]
*[[Photovoltaic system|Photovoltaic]] assembly
*[[Photovoltaic system|Photovoltaic]] assembly
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| [[File:S6 Truss at SSPF.jpg|110px]]
[[File:S6 Truss move to payload cannister.jpg|110px]]
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| [[Destiny (ISS module)|''Destiny'']] (US Laboratory)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/destiny.html|title=US Destiny Laboratory|date=26 March 2007|accessdate=2007-06-26|publisher = NASA| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070709153924/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/destiny.html| archivedate= 9 July 2007 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
| [[Destiny (ISS module)|''Destiny'']] (US Laboratory)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/destiny.html|title=US Destiny Laboratory|date=26 March 2007|accessdate=2007-06-26|publisher = NASA| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070709153924/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/destiny.html| archivedate= 9 July 2007 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
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*[[Aluminum]]
*[[Aluminum]]
*[[Kevlar]]
*[[Kevlar]]
| 1997
| December 12, 1997
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| 14,515
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*Robotic assembly
*Robotic assembly
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[[File:Pitch Roll Joint PRJ.png|110px]]
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| [[Quest Joint Airlock|''Quest'']] (Joint Airlock)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/eva/outside.html|title=Space Station Extravehicular Activity|accessdate=2009-03-11|publisher=[[NASA]]|date=4 April 2004| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090403213449/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/eva/outside.html| archivedate= 3 April 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
| [[Quest Joint Airlock|''Quest'']] (Joint Airlock)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/eva/outside.html|title=Space Station Extravehicular Activity|accessdate=2009-03-11|publisher=[[NASA]]|date=4 April 2004| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090403213449/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/eva/outside.html| archivedate= 3 April 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
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| [[Canadarm2#Mobile Base System|Mobile Base System]]
| [[Canadarm2#Mobile Base System|Mobile Base System]]
| [[NASA]]
| UF2
*[[Northrop Grumman]]
| 2002-06-05
*[[MD Robotics]]
| {{OV|105}} ([[STS-111]])
| [[Northrop Grumman]] factory in [[Carpinteria, CA]]
| 5.7
| 1,450
|
|
*[[Stainless Steel]]
| [[File:STS-111 Installation of Mobile Base System.jpg|80px]]
*[[Titanium]]
| 2001
| 1,450
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*[[Gas tungsten arc welding|TIG Welding]]
*[[Hot rolling]]
| [[File:STS-111 Installation of Mobile Base System.jpg|110px]]
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| [[Integrated Truss Structure#P1, S1 trusses|S1 Truss]] and Radiators
| [[Integrated Truss Structure#P1, S1 trusses|S1 Truss]] and Radiators
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*Sheet metal [[titanium]]
*Sheet metal [[titanium]]
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| November 21, 2006
| 4.6
| 14,120
| 14,120
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*[[Hot rolling]]
*[[Investment casting]]
*[[Forging]]
*[[Gas tungsten arc welding|TIG Welding]]
*[[Friction welding]]
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| [[File:Heat Rejection System (HRS) Radiator.jpg|110px]]
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| [[Integrated Truss Structure#P1, S1 trusses|P1 Truss]]
| [[Integrated Truss Structure#P1, S1 trusses|P1 Truss]] and Radiators
| [[NASA]]
| 11A
*[[Lockheed Martin]]
| 2002-11-23
|[[Michoud Assembly Facility]]
| {{OV|105}} ([[STS-113]])
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| 13.7
*[[Stainless steel]]
| 14,000
*Sheet metal [[titanium]]
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| 2005/06
| 13.748
| ''same as S1 Truss''
| [[File:ISS Truss structure.jpg|110px]]
| [[File:ISS Truss structure.jpg|110px]]
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| [[External Stowage Platform|ESP]]-2
| [[External Stowage Platform|ESP]]-2
| [[NASA]]
| LF1
* Airbus DS Space Systems
| 2005-07-26
| [[Goddard Space Flight Center]]
| {{OV|103}} ([[STS-114]])
| 4.9
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*[[Steel]]
*[[Titanium]]
| October 2005
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| 2,676
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*[[Punch cutting]]
| [[File:STS-114 External Storage Platform 2 crop.jpg|80px]]
*[[Hot rolling]]
*[[Automated welding]]
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| [[Integrated Truss Structure#P3/P4, S3/S4 truss assemblies|P3/P4 Truss & Solar Arrays]]<ref name="boeing-pdf" >{{Cite web|url=http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/spacestation/components/docs/P3-P4.pdf|format=pdf|title=P3 and P4 to expand station capabilities, providing a third and fourth solar array|publisher=Boeing|date=July 2006|accessdate=2007-12-02}}</ref>
| [[Integrated Truss Structure#P3/P4, S3/S4 truss assemblies|P3/P4 Truss & Solar Arrays]]<ref name="boeing-pdf" >{{Cite web|url=http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/spacestation/components/docs/P3-P4.pdf|format=pdf|title=P3 and P4 to expand station capabilities, providing a third and fourth solar array|publisher=Boeing|date=July 2006|accessdate=2007-12-02}}</ref>
| [[NASA]]
| 12A
* [[Lockheed Martin]]
| 2006-09-09
* [[Boeing]]
| {{OV|104}} ([[STS-115]])
* [[Alcoa]]
| 13.8
| [[Michoud Assembly Facility]]
| 15,900
* [[Operations and Checkout Building]]
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''Truss''
*[[Stainless steel]]
*[[Titanium]]
''Solar Arrays''
*[[Crystalline silicon]]
*[[Shape-memory alloy]]
*[[Copper indium gallium diselenide]]
*[[Nylon]]
*[[Polyethylene terephthalate]]
|2005/06
| 15,204
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*[[Hot rolling]]
*Aluminum [[extrusion]]
*[[Investment Casting]]
*[[Photovoltaic system|Photovoltaic]] assembly
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| [[Integrated Truss Structure#P6, S6 trusses|S6 Truss & Solar Arrays]]
| [[Integrated Truss Structure#P6, S6 trusses|S6 Truss & Solar Arrays]]

Revision as of 23:21, 20 April 2019

The Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center - the prime factory for final fabrication and processing of station components for launch

The project to create the International Space Station required the utilization and/or construction of new and existing manufacturing facilities around the world, mostly in the United States and Europe. The agencies overseeing the manufacturing involved NASA, Roscosmos, the European Space Agency, JAXA, and the Canadian Space Agency. Hundreds of contractors[1] working for the five space agencies were assigned the task of fabricating the modules, trusses, experiments and other hardware elements for the station, and launching them individually in modular segments for the in-orbit assembly.

The fact that the project involved the co-operation of fifteen countries working together created engineering challenges that had to be overcome: most notably the differences in language, culture and politics, but also engineering processes, management, measuring standards and communication; to ensure that all elements connect together and function according to plan. The ISS agreement program also called for the station components to be made highly durable and versatile - as it is intended to be used by astronauts indefinitely. A series of new engineering and manufacturing processes and equipment were developed, and shipments of steel, aluminum and other materials were needed for the construction of the space station components.[2]

Factories

List of manufacturing facilities used in the construction and fabrication of the International Space Station modular components:

All modules and sections are transported to these buildings except the Russian modules Zarya, Zvezda, Pirs and Poisk.

Manufacturing Information and Processes

A variety of manufacturing processes were used for each of the components of the space station.

Space Station element Overseeing agency and contractor Manufacturing
facility
Materials
used
Manufacturing date Mass
(kg)
Manufacturing Processes Isolated View
Zarya (FGB)[3] Roscosmos Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center Steel, Aluminum, Kevlar, Ceramic blanket 1994 19,323
Unity (Node 1),[4] PMA-1 & PMA-2 NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Steel, Kevlar June 6, 1997 11,612
Zvezda (Service Module)[5] Roscosmos Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center Steel, Aluminum, Kevlar, Ceramic blanket 1985 19,051
Z1 Truss & PMA-3 NASA Michoud Assembly Facility 1999 8,755 (Z1)
P6 Truss & Solar Arrays NASA Michoud Assembly Facility

Truss

Solar Arrays

1999/2000 15,824

Destiny (US Laboratory)[6] NASA Marshall Space Flight Center December 12, 1997 14,515
External Stowage Platform-1 NASA
  • Airbus DS Space Systems
Goddard Space Flight Center[7] Steel 2000 5,760
Canadarm2 (SSRMS) Canadian Space Agency MDA Space Missions, Brampton Ontario Titanium 2000/01 4,899
  • Seamless rolling
  • Milling
  • Robotic assembly

Quest (Joint Airlock)[8] NASA Marshall Space Flight Center 2000 6,064
Pirs (Docking Compartment & Airlock) RKK Energia Korolyov, Moscow Oblast 1998 3,580
S0 Truss[9] NASA Michoud Assembly Facility 13.4 13,970
Mobile Base System NASA Northrop Grumman factory in Carpinteria, CA 2001 1,450
S1 Truss and Radiators NASA Michoud Assembly Facility November 21, 2006 14,120
P1 Truss and Radiators NASA Michoud Assembly Facility 2005/06 13.748 same as S1 Truss
ESP-2 NASA
  • Airbus DS Space Systems
Goddard Space Flight Center October 2005 2,676
P3/P4 Truss & Solar Arrays[10] NASA Michoud Assembly Facility

Truss

Solar Arrays

2005/06 15,204
P5 Truss[11] 12A.1 2006-12-09 Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-116) 3.4 1,818
S3/S4 Truss & Solar Arrays 13A 2007-06-08 Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-117) 13.8 15,900
S5 Truss and ESP-3 13A.1 2007-08-08 Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-118) 13.7 12,598
Harmony (Node 2)
Relocation of P6 Truss
10A 2007-10-23 Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-120) 7.2 14,288 75.5
Columbus (European Laboratory)[12] 1E 2008-02-07 Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-122) 4.5 12,800
Dextre (SPDM)
Japanese Logistics Module (ELM-PS)
1J/A 2008-03-11 Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-123) 4.4 (ELM-PS) 4,200 (ELM-PS)
Japanese Pressurized Module (JEM-PM)
JEM Robotic Arm (JEM-RMS)[13][14]
1J 2008-05-31 Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-124) 11.2 (JEM-PM)

4.4 (JEM-PM)

15,900 (JEM-PM)
S6 Truss & Solar Arrays 15A 2009-03-15 Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-119) 73.2 15,900
Japanese Exposed Facility (JEM-EF) 2J/A 2009-07-15 Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-127) 4,100
Poisk (MRM-2)[15][16] 5R 2009-11-10 Soyuz-U
(Progress M-MIM2)
3,670
ExPRESS Logistics Carriers 1 & 2 ULF3 2009-11-16 Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-129)
Cupola &
Tranquility (Node 3)
20A 2010-02-08 Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-130) 6.5 (Node 3)
1.5 (Cupola)
  • 4.25 (Node 3)
    2.95 (Cupola)
12,247 (Node 3)
1,800 (Cupola)
Rassvet (MRM-1)[17] ULF4 2010-05-14 Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-132) 5,075
Leonardo (PMM) and EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 4 ULF5 2011-02-24 Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-133) 6.6 9,896 (Leonardo) 31

Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, OBSS and EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 3 ULF6 2011-05-16 Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-134) 6,731 (AMS-02)

Bigelow Expandable Activity Module[18] 2016-04-08 Falcon 9

(SpaceX CRS-8)

4 3.2 16
NanoRacks Airlock Module 2019-10-15[19][20] Falcon 9

(SpaceX CRS-19)[21]

Nauka (MLM)
European Robotic Arm[22]
3R 2020[23] Proton-M 20,300 (Nauka) 70
Prichal 2022 (TBD)[24] Soyuz 2.1b

(Progress M-UM)

4,000
NEM-1 (SPM-1) 2022 (TBD)[24] Proton-M
Space Station element Assembly
flight
Manufacturing
facility
Materials
used
Manufacturing date Mass
(kg)
Manufacturing Processes Isolated View

References

  1. ^ https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/International_Space_Station/Companies_involved_with_ISS
  2. ^ https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/integrated-truss-structure
  3. ^ Wade, Mark (15 July 2008). "ISS Zarya". Encyclopaedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Unity Connecting Module: Cornerstone for a Home in Orbit" (PDF). NASA. January 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Zvezda Service Module". NASA. 11 March 2009. Archived from the original on 23 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "US Destiny Laboratory". NASA. 26 March 2007. Archived from the original on 9 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-26. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/images/content/402222main_Techs_working_on_ELC_1019.jpg
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  9. ^ "Space Station Assembly: Integrated Truss Structure". NASA. Archived from the original on 7 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-02. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "P3 and P4 to expand station capabilities, providing a third and fourth solar array" (pdf). Boeing. July 2006. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
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