This was created to meet the curriculum outcomes in New Brunswick's Grade 6 Science Space unit.

1. Sunday, September 7th
, 2008
SPACE
Cooperation in Space

2. Cooperation in Space
 When people first started
going into space, it was a
competition.
 The United States and
Russia were in the middle
of the Cold War with each
other so both sides were
very secretive about their
space programs.
 There was no
cooperation.

3.  Since the end of the Cold
War in 1989, things have
changed.
 Russia and the United
States now work together
and many other countries
around the world
participate in a
cooperative space
program.

4.  Animation
 The biggest example
of this new found
cooperation between
countries is the ISS,
the International
Space Station.

5.  Many countries have
been involved with
building the ISS and
many more have
been involved with
running missions
onboard the ISS.
 Here are the
countries involved:

6.  As you take a look at the countries
involved and their contributions to the ISS,
locate the countries on your world map
and then COLOUR and LABEL them.

7. The United States – NASANational Aeronautics
and Space Administration

Strength: 40 years of putting
humans into space; deep
funding pockets. Gives: $24.7
billion for Unity connector
node, Spacehab cargo
module, 300-foot truss (ISS
backbone), lab module, joint
airlock, propulsion module,
cupola, solar arrays, X-38 crew
return vehicle, habitation
module, launches, astronauts.

8. Russia – RKA Roskosmos
 Strength: 40 years of putting
humans into space, master of
space stations. Gives: Difficult
to put a price tag on it, partly
because much is U.S. funded,
partly because of tough
economic times in the country;
Zarya control module; Zvezda
service module (first living
quarters); Soyuz return
capsule; two docking
compartments for Soyuz;
universal docking module that
includes living quarters,
docking and stowage module;
two research modules with
solar arrays; launches and
cosmonauts.

9. Canada – CSA Canadian Space Agency
 Strength: Space
robotics. Gives: $1.2
billion for 55-foot-long
mobile robot Canadarm
and smaller Canada
Hand, mobile cart that
moves along tracks on
ISS backbone,
astronauts.

10. Japan – NASDA National Space Development
Agency of Japan
 Strength: Potential for making ISS cheaper,
better, faster. Gives: $3.1 billion for Kibo
experiment cargo module, experiment racks,
32.5-foot robotic arm, external platform.

11. Brazil – INPE Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas
Espaciais
 Strength: Nascent enthusiasm. Gives: $200
million for an outside moveable experiment
pallet that's part of the program to EXpedite the
PRocessing of Experiments to Space Station
(EXPRESS).

12. Europe
 Strength: In numbers.
Belgium, Denmark, France,
Germany, Italy, the
Netherlands, Norway, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland and the
United Kingdom. Gives: $3.83
billion for Columbus laboratory
module, an automated
transfer vehicle, two
connector nodes, the
electronic "brain" for Russia’s
Zvezda module, European
robotic arm, launches,
astronauts. In addition, ESA is
selling 30 percent of lab space
to business.
 European Space Agency - ESA
 Belgium
 Denmark
 France
 Germany
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Norway
 Spain
 Sweden
 Switzerland
 United Kingdom

13. Belgium

14. Denmark

15. France

16. Germany

17. Italy

18. Netherlands

19. Norway

20. Spain

21. Sweden

22. Switzerland

23. United Kingdom

25.  There is also the
International Space
Agency, of which
Canada is a member
along with 36 other
Countries.

26.  http://www.pbs.org/spacestation/station/pa
rtners.htm
 http://www.discovery.com/stories/science/i
ss/i_whodoeswhat.html