zarya

May 27, 1999 -- Space Shuttle Discovery with the STS-96 crew delivered and outfitted the International Space Station with logistics and supplies. A Russian cargo crane was mounted outside the Station for future spacewalking maintenance activities.

The Zarya Control Module was launched atop a Russian Proton rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 20, 1998. Zarya provides battery power, fuel storage and rendezvous and docking capability for Soyuz and Progress space vehicles.