A Quarter-Century of Continuous Human Presence in Space!
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, yesterday marked a monumental achievement in human history: 25 years of continuous human presence in space! Since November 2, 2000, when the Expedition 1 crew first took residence, the International Space Station (ISS) has been mankind’s permanent home and laboratory in low Earth orbit.
Conceived originally by President Ronald Reagan in 1984, the ISS became the largest international collaboration project in history, bringing together the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Canada, Japan, and Europe. This orbital marvel is now the largest space vehicle ever built—its solar arrays spanning the length of a football field, with a habitable volume larger than a six-bedroom house.
