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Proton rocket launch. 11/1998

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-lru20-00001

Image Size 300 DPI: 16 * 25 cm

Zarya, the first component of the International Space Station (ISS), launched at 1:40 a.m. (EST) on November 20, 1998, from Kazahkstan. Atop a Russian Proton rocket, the Zarya Module was lifted into orbit from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazahkstan. This will begin the multi-year assembly of the ISS.

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1998 - BAIKONUR - INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - ISS - KAZAKHSTAN - LAUNCH - LAUNCH PAD - LAUNCHER - PROTON - ROCKET - SPACE CENTER - SPACE STATION - ZARYA -