Dec. 5 (UPI) -- NASA officials will mark the 25th anniversary of the International Space Station with a call to the crew Wednesday, and the public and tune in. <\/p>\n
\"During a space to Earth call at 12:25 EST Wednesday, Dec. 6, the Expedition 70 crew will speak with NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana and Joel Montalbano, space station program manager,\" NASA said in a press release Tuesday. <\/p>\n
NASA will live stream the event on NASA TV, YouTube and via the NASA App. <\/p>\n
The commemoration will mark 25 years since the Zarya and Unity modules were connected by the crew of shuttle Endevour on Dec. 6, 1998. <\/p>\n
Current NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana was the commander of the STS-88 shuttle mission that assembled the two modules. <\/p>\n
\"More than 3,300 research and educational investigations have been conducted on station from 108 countries and areas,\" NASA said. \"Many lay the groundwork for future commercial destinations in low-Earth orbit and exploration farther into the solar system.\" <\/p>\n
According to NASA, the ISS has been continuously inhabited for 23 years and has hosted 273 occupants. <\/p>\n
The ISS is a rare cooperative project between Russia and the United States at a time of elevated tension between the two global superpowers caused primarily by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. <\/p>\n
On Friday, a Russian Progress spacecraft took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with supplies for the ISS. <\/p>\n
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