International Space Station The International Space Station was a space station and one of Earth ' s first internationally combined efforts in exploring space . The station was jointly serviced by American space shuttle orbiter s and Russian " Soyuz " and " Progress " spacecraft . In 2000 , astronaut Lieutenant McMillan was scheduled to be the co - pilot on a joint mission between NASA and the European s for a four month tour on the International Space Station that began in 2003 . ( ) The space shuttle " delivered a Spacehab module to the ISS in the early 21st century . ( , opening credits ) The assignment patch es for the ISS Program and for a three - man team were on display in the 602 Club in 2143 . ( ) After Jonathan Archer restored a damaged timeline , the ISS could be seen in the time stream as the timeline realigned itself . ( ) A sketch depicting an overhead view of the ISS was contained in the library computer aboard the in 2254 . ( ) Beginning with the year 2370 , Benjamin Sisko had a model in his office aboard Deep Space 9 of the ISS with the space shuttle " docked . The model was housed in a glass casing in the beginning but was later displayed without the casing in his office next to Ops . ( ) Appendices . Background information . The model of the International Space Station seen in was given to the series by Majel Barrett as a gift . The DS9 art department added a model of the " Enterprise " ( OV - 101 ) and displayed it docked to the ISS . ( ) A montage of the International Space Station being constructed is featured in the of . The names Gidzenko , Krikalyov , and Shepherd were names seen on a mission insignia in the 602 Club . They were the first inhabitants of the space station on Expedition 1 . Their mission patch , seen in the 602 Club , showed the space station on a blue background and the names of the Russian astronauts were written in their native Cyrillic alphabet . E . Michael Fincke , who appeared , along with fellow NASA astronaut Terry Virts in , has spent a year , total , aboard the ISS , from April to October 2004 ( speaking with Scott Bakula while in space ) and again from October 2008 to April 2009 - Virts himself piloted the shuttle " " on a mission to the station in February 2010 . He later returned to the station in November 2014 as Flight Engineer of Expedition 42 / 43 . According to the reference work " Ships of the Line " ( p . 8 ) , in the 2150s , the ISS has remained in Low Earth Orbit and hasn ' t been destroyed by a controlled re - entry . ( In the real world , the ISS is planned for controlled re - entry in 2024 / 2028 , a similar fate to MIR ) From the " Encyclopedia " ( 4th ed . , vol . 1 , p . 372 ) , " " The International Space Station ( ISS ) was featured in the main title sequence of " Star Trek : Enterprise " , beginning with the first episode , . The decision to add the ISS to the " Enterprise " titles was a last - minute decision on the part of the producers . Because there was so little time to obtain accurate reference information for the construction of a digital model for visual effects , NASA engineer ( and " Star Trek " fan ) Brian J . Young , who at the time was a technician working for the at NASA ' s Kennedy Space Center in Florida , went back to work on a Friday night and faxed us the plans for the station ! " "