A research facility that was launched in 1998, is orbiting around the Earth and is
operated by multinational groups of astronauts sent regularly by five space
agencies participating in the project – NASA (the USA), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA
(Europe), JAXA (Japan) and CSA (Canada).
Translations:
English: International Space Station, ISS [ˌɪn.təˈnæʃ.(ə.)n(ə)l
speɪs ˈsteɪʃǝn]
French: Station spatiale internationale
(f), SSI [stasjɔ̃ spasjal ɛ̃tɛʁnasjɔnal]
German: die Internationale Raumstation [ɪntɐnat͡sjo:na:lə ʁaʊ̯mʃtat͡sjo:n]
Russian: Международная космическая станция (f), МКС [mʲɪʐdʊnɐˈrodnəjə
kɐˈsmʲit͡ɕɪskəjə ˈstant͡sɨɪ̯ə]
