International Space Station By jamiealam Aug 11, 1984 The Space Station was first requested to be built by US president, Ronald Reagan Oct 16, 1993 By this time, fifteen countries had agreed on creating the space station such as Russia and Japan Nov 24, 1994 Construction had now begun on building the ISS Aug 20, 1998 The first space walk had occured Sep 23, 1998 By now, the Space Sattion was already in orbit May 17, 2000 This year the first expedition was carried out in space from the Space Station Jul 20, 2001 The record of the longest space walk had occured this year Apr 12, 2003 This was the year of the Shuttle Columbia disaster. It was when the astronaouts on the rocket crashed into Columbia and went missing Jan 5, 2006 The space station had resumed regular flights Feb 24, 2010 This year marks the anniversary of human occupation of the ISS
