International Space Station

Built on

• Silicon solar cellRecorded · 1954requires
• SpacewalkRecorded · 1965enables
• MicroprocessorRecorded · 1971requires
• Canadarm space armRecorded · 1981enables
• Reusable space shuttleRecorded · 1981enables
• Modular space stationRecorded · 1986enables

Led to

• First paying space touristRecorded · 2001enables
• Space-grown lettuceRecorded · 2015enables
• Inflatable space moduleRecorded · 2016enables
• Navigation by pulsarsRecorded · 2017enables
• 98% water recycling in orbitRecorded · 2023enables
• Orbital research factoriesRecorded · 2023enables
• Orbital manufacturingRecorded · 2024enables
• Orbital hotelsForecast · ~2028enables
• Commercial space stationsForecast · ~2030enables
• Zero-gravity sportForecast · ~2031enables
• Life engineered for spaceForecast · ~2036enables
• Perfect habitat water loopsForecast · ~2045enables

Sources & evidence

• Additional source

Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.