By Astrophilatelie Martin
On July 12, 2000, the Zvezda module was launched by a Proton K rocket from Baikonour. It joins automatically at the Zarya docking port opposite Unity on 26 July 2000.
This is the third module installed in the International Space Station assembly after the Zarya and Unity modules.
A few weeks later, management of the space station is transferred from Zarya's computers to Zvezda's. During an extra-vehicle crew outing of the STS 106 mission on September 11, 2000, the external connections between the two Russian modules are set up. Zvezda engines are now taking over Zarya for attitude control and orbit corrections. Zarya's role is storing equipment and fuel.
Expedition 1, the ISS's first standing crew, takes possession of the site on November 2, 2000.
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