Международная космическая станция

The International Space Station, abbr. ISS (English International Space Station, abbr ISS..) - Manned space station, used as a multipurpose space research facility. ISS - a joint international project involving 14 countries: USA, Russia, Japan, Canada and the members of the European Space Agency, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, France, Switzerland, Sweden [11] [12] [13]. Originally a part of the participants were Brazil and the United Kingdom [comm. 1].