2. Cooperation in Space
When people first started
going into space, it was a
competition.
The United States and
Russia were in the middle
of the Cold War with each
other so both sides were
very secretive about their
space programs.
There was no
cooperation.
3. Since the end of the Cold
War in 1989, things have
changed.
Russia and the United
States now work together
and many other countries
around the world
participate in a
cooperative space
program.
4. Animation
The biggest example
of this new found
cooperation between
countries is the ISS,
the International
Space Station.
5. Many countries have
been involved with
building the ISS and
many more have
been involved with
running missions
onboard the ISS.
Here are the
countries involved:
6. As you take a look at the countries
involved and their contributions to the ISS,
locate the countries on your world map
and then COLOUR and LABEL them.
7. The United States – NASANational Aeronautics
and Space Administration
Strength: 40 years of putting
humans into space; deep
funding pockets. Gives: $24.7
billion for Unity connector
node, Spacehab cargo
module, 300-foot truss (ISS
backbone), lab module, joint
airlock, propulsion module,
cupola, solar arrays, X-38 crew
return vehicle, habitation
module, launches, astronauts.
8. Russia – RKA Roskosmos
Strength: 40 years of putting
humans into space, master of
space stations. Gives: Difficult
to put a price tag on it, partly
because much is U.S. funded,
partly because of tough
economic times in the country;
Zarya control module; Zvezda
service module (first living
quarters); Soyuz return
capsule; two docking
compartments for Soyuz;
universal docking module that
includes living quarters,
docking and stowage module;
two research modules with
solar arrays; launches and
cosmonauts.
9. Canada – CSA Canadian Space Agency
Strength: Space
robotics. Gives: $1.2
billion for 55-foot-long
mobile robot Canadarm
and smaller Canada
Hand, mobile cart that
moves along tracks on
ISS backbone,
astronauts.
10. Japan – NASDA National Space Development
Agency of Japan
Strength: Potential for making ISS cheaper,
better, faster. Gives: $3.1 billion for Kibo
experiment cargo module, experiment racks,
32.5-foot robotic arm, external platform.
11. Brazil – INPE Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas
Espaciais
Strength: Nascent enthusiasm. Gives: $200
million for an outside moveable experiment
pallet that's part of the program to EXpedite the
PRocessing of Experiments to Space Station
(EXPRESS).
12. Europe
Strength: In numbers.
Belgium, Denmark, France,
Germany, Italy, the
Netherlands, Norway, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland and the
United Kingdom. Gives: $3.83
billion for Columbus laboratory
module, an automated
transfer vehicle, two
connector nodes, the
electronic "brain" for Russia’s
Zvezda module, European
robotic arm, launches,
astronauts. In addition, ESA is
selling 30 percent of lab space
to business.
European Space Agency - ESA
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
