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Roscosmos is one of the five space agencies that assembled the International Space Station

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station.
The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan and Canada.
Five space agencies, NASA, Roscosmos, ESA, JAXA and CSA, have contributed to the station's assembly.
The large modules and other pieces of the station were delivered on 42 assembly flights, 37 on the U.S. space shuttles and five on Russian Proton/Soyuz rockets.
Zarya was the first element of the station to be launched.
Four different cargo spacecraft deliver science, cargo and supplies: Northrop Grumman's Cygnus, SpaceX's Dragon, JAXA's HTV, and the Russian Progress.

Contributing space agencies: NASA, Roscosmos, ESA, JAXA, CSA Assembly flights: 42 Flights on Russian rockets: five on Russian Proton/Soyuz rockets First element launched: Zarya Russian cargo spacecraft: Progress
Why it matters for exams: Science and technology sections ask which agencies built the station and which cargo vehicle belongs to which partner, and Roscosmos is the Russian answer in both.
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9 October 2026 Source: NASA

In plain words

ISS International Space Station — It is the orbiting laboratory provided and operated by an international partnership of space agencies.

CSA Canadian Space Agency — It is the Canadian partner among the five agencies that contributed to the station's assembly.

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