article_snippet: Construction of the orbiting space station the orbiting space station began on 20 November 1998.
article_snippet: Construction of the ISS (shown) began on 20 November 1998.
article_snippet: Construction of the ISS (shown) has been continuously manned since 2 November 2000 .
article_snippet: Construction of the ISS (shown)
article_snippet: A fleet of ground vehicles and aircraft, such as the helicopter in the distance, are used to secure Construction of the ISS (shown) and rescue The station crew when Construction of the ISS (shown) lands .
article_snippet: Two Russian ISS Progress cargo craft docked to the station in October and February, while the fifth and final European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), bearing the name of Belgian physicist Georges Lemaître, considered the father of the Big-Bang theory, departed the station in February.