 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - 2007 yakaonawo kuunganidzwa kwakapfuurira kweInternational Space Station, neUS Space Shuttle ndege. Musi wa 8 Chikumi akaita yekutanga Shuttle kuvhurwa kwegore, STS-117, nevashandi vemuchadenga vanomwe, uye a hrefIntegrated20Truss20StructureS34 truss segmenta yeISS. Yakanga iri Shuttle yokutanga kuvhurwa kubva kuComplex 39A paKennedy Space Center kubvira STS-107 muna 2003. Kuvhurwa kwakanga kwambomiswa kubva munaFebruary nekuda kwekukuvara kweHail kune External Tank, iyo yaida rollback yekugadzirisa muVhizimusi Assembly Building. Muna August, yakatanga basa rayo rokutanga kubvira muna 2002, STS-118. Iyi yakatakura chikamu cheS5 truss, uye yakaratidza kubhururuka kwekupedzisira kwe Spacehab module, iyo yakashandiswa kutakura zvinhu. Mudzidzisi Wokutanga Womuchadenga weNASA, Barbara Morgan akabhururuka ari mungarava yeSTS-118. Morgan akanga ambova mubatsiri waChrista McAuliffe, uyo akaurayiwa mutsaona yeChallengermuna 1986. STS-120, yakatangwa musi wa 23 Gumiguru ichishandisa, yakatakura Harmony node, yekutanga yakamanikidzwa ISS chikamu kuti itange kubva Pirs munaGunyana 2001. Kuedza kuvhura Atlantis muna December paSTS-122 kwakadzimwa, uye kuvhurwa kwakanonoka kusvika muna 2008 pashure pokunge ECO sensors muExternal Tank yakundikana. 