Shuttle Mission:

STS-117 Atlantis

Launch/Landing Date:

June 10 - 22 , 2007

Assembly Elements:

S3/4 Truss Segment with Photovoltaic Radiator and 3rd Set of Solar Arrays

P6 Array Retraction

The following artist’s renderings show the ISS assembly schedule with the corresponding shuttle missions and launch vehicles.

S3/4 Truss Segment

P6 Array Retraction

Shuttle Mission:

STS-118 Endeavour

Launch/Landing Date:

August 8 - 21, 2007

Assembly Elements:

S5 Truss Segment

External Stowage Platform 3

S5 Truss Segment

External Stowage Platform 3

Shuttle Mission:

STS-120 Discovery

Launch Date:

October 23, 2007

Assembly Elements:

Node 2

P6 Relocation

P6 Relocation

Node 2

Shuttle Mission:

STS-122 Atlantis

Launch Date:

December 6, 2007

Assembly Elements:

Columbus European Laboratory Module

Columbus European Laboratory Module

Launch vehicle:

Ariane 5 Rocket

Launch Date:

No Earlier than January 2008

Assembly Elements:

None: European Automated Transfer Vehicle

European AutomatedTransfer Vehicle

Shuttle Mission:

STS-123 Endeavour

Launch Date:

February 14, 2008

Assembly Elements:

Kibo Japanese Experiment Logistics Module – Pressurized Section (ELM – PS)

Canadian Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (DEXTRE)

Kibo ELM - PS

DEXTRE

Shuttle Mission:

STS-124 Discovery

Launch Date:

April 24, 2008

Assembly Elements:

Kibo Japanese Experiment Module – Pressurized Module (JEM-PM)

Japanese Experiment Module Remote Manipulator System (JEM RMS)

JEM-PM and JEM RMS

ELM-PS Relocated

Shuttle Mission:

STS-125 Atlantis

Launch Date:

August 7, 2008

Assembly Elements:

None: Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4 (HST-SM4)

Shuttle Mission:

STS-126 Endeavour

Launch Date:

September 18, 2008

Assembly Elements:

None: Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM)

Shuttle Mission:

STS-119 Discovery

Launch Date:

Under review

Assembly Elements:

S6 Truss Segment with 4th Set of Solar Arrays S6 Truss

Segment

Launch Vehicle:

Proton Rocket

Launch Date:

Under review

Assembly Elements:

Multipurpose Laboratory Module with European Robotic Arm (ERA) Multipurpose Laboratory

Module with European Robotic Arm (ERA)

Shuttle Mission:

STS-127 Endeavour

Launch Date:

Under review

Assembly Elements:

Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility (JEM EF)

Kibo Japanese Experiment Logistics Module – Exposed Section (ELM-ES)

Kibo JEM EFand ELM-ES

Launch Vehicle:

H-IIB Rocket

Launch Date:

Under review

Assembly Elements:

None: Japanese H-II Transfer vehicle

Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle

Shuttle Mission:

STS-128 Discovery

Launch Date:

Under review

Assembly Elements:

Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM)

3 Crew Quarters, Galley, 2nd Treadmill, Crew Health Care System 2 6 Person Capability

Established

Shuttle Mission:

STS-129 Endeavour

Launch Date:

Under review

Assembly Elements:

EXPRESS Logistics Carriers 1 and 2

EXPRESS Logistics Carriers 1 and 2

Shuttle Mission:

STS-130 Discovery

Launch Date:

Under review

Assembly Elements:

None: Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM)

Shuttle Mission:

CONTINGENCY FLIGHT STS-131 Endeavour

Launch Date:

Under review

Assembly Elements:

EXPRESS Logistics Carriers 3 and 4

EXPRESS Logistics Carriers 3 and 4

Shuttle Mission:

STS-132 Discovery

Launch Date:

Under review

Assembly Elements:

Node 3 with Cupola

Node 3

Cupola

Shuttle Mission:

CONTINGENCY FLIGHT

STS-133 Endeavour

Launch Date:

Under review

Assembly Elements:

EXPRESS Logistics Carriers 5 and 1

EXPRESS Logistics Carriers 5 and 1

ISS Assembly Complete

Launch vehicle:

Proton Rocket

Launch Date:

Under review

Assembly Elements:

Research Module

Research Module

Completed ISS

Click this link to see an animation of the ISS Assembly:http://www.tietronix.com/anim/pao/s1A1.html

Click this link to see Space Shuttle Flights and ISS Assembly Sequence:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html