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(place) by Frater 219 Tue Nov 07 2000 at 1:01:39

The first international space station, formerly known as "International Space Station" and "Space Station Freedom". Named by Bill Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko, and Sergei Krikalev, its first proper residents, on November 6, 2000.

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