the country Boeing.com Boeing international Boeing careers BOEING IN RUSSIA PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ABOUT COMPANY PRESS CENTER VIDEO CONTACTS BBJ 1 BBJ 2 BBJ 3 International space station International Space Station (ISS) The International Space Station is the largest and most complex international science project in the history of space exploration and the largest cosmonautics project for Boeing to date. The ISS has over 100 basic elements. ISS mission: conducting general and applied research in the framework of further space exploration the use of the space environment as a natural laboratory for scientific, technical and commercial research. Boeing's Role: Acting as the main contractor responsible for the design, development, production and integration of the ISS structural elements. Coordination of the work of a national expert team consisting of representatives of the largest companies in the US aerospace industry, hundreds of small contractors and Boeing itself. Integration of the results of the work of companies from 15 countries participating in the ISS project from the United States. Manufacturing of all the main structural elements of the ISS assigned to the American side. Assistance to NASA in the operation of the ISS. Supervise the work of thousands of subcontractors around the world. Preparation for flight of all elements of the ISS, made in the United States, in the payload processing terminal for the ISS at the Space Center. Kennedy, pcs. Florida. За качество элементов конструкции, поставленных компанией, Боинг шесть раз подряд удостаивался максимальной оценки по 100-бальной шкале от NASA. Post-project completion: The ISS is four times the size of the Russian orbital station Mir and five times the size of the American orbital station Skylab. The ISS solar panel is more than three times the size of a US Senate conference room. The ISS is capable of processing 20 times more signals than the Space Shuttle. Since 1992, Boeing has been closely cooperating with the Russian space industry, acting as a partner and customer of Russian enterprises in the main and most significant space programs. The International Space Station is an unprecedented example of successful cooperation between 16 countries in the field of space exploration. The construction of the ISS began in 1993, when an agreement was signed on the creation of a unified program for the creation of the ISS. Boeing, being the head integrator for NASA under the Mir-Shuttle and ISS programs, has completed contracts with RSC Energia for the manufacture and supply of the Russian docking system and its integration and installation on the Atlantis Shuttle to support a series of flights of the American spacecraft with docking to the Russian station "Mir", as well as a contract with GKNPTs im. Khrunichev for the manufacture of the first module of the International Space Station. In November 2013, a division of the Boeing Defense & Space Group, the main contractor of the NASA space station, and the Khrunichev State Space Research and Production Center (Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center) signed an agreement, in accordance with the terms of which G. Khrunicheva will develop, manufacture, test and supply the main components of the Zarya functional cargo block (FGB) - a modified Russian spacecraft - to ensure uninterrupted safe operation of the International Space Station (ISS) until 2020. More detailed information about the ISS project and Boeing's participation in its creation can be obtained from the presentation at the link: International Space Station (ISS) . Current news: On September 27, 2017, GoFly launches a competition to create a personal aircraft for mass use More details On September 4, 2017, the World Trade Organization overturned a decision making Washington tax breaks illegal More details On August 31, 2017, Boeing's HorizonX executives visited the Skolkovo Innovation Center in search of new ideas for the future More details On August 11, 2017 Boeing Board of Directors elected Caroline Kennedy as new director More details BOEING IN RUSSIA BOEING IN RUSSIA PARTNERS CHARITY PROGRAMS CUSTOMERS HISTORY AFFILIATED COMPANIES BOEING SUPPORT AND SERVICES PRODUCTS AND SERVICES CIVIL AIRCRAFT DEFENSE SPACE DIVISION BOEING BUSINESS JETS BOEING CAPITAL CORPORATION BOEING GLOBAL SERVICES SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CENTER ABOUT COMPANY MANUAL GENERAL INFORMATION BOEING CAREER Copyright © 1995 - 2017 Boeing. All rights reserved BOEING STORE | Site Map | Site Terms | Privacy | Contacts Share This Page