How old do you have to be for the International Space Station?

On-orbit construction of the station began in 1998 so currently ISS is 12 years old.

The ISS began construction in 1998, so (as of 2009) it is about 11 years old.

The space station, now weighing several tons, did not get up there in one launch. U.S. space shuttles and Russian, Canadian, and Japanese rockets brought pods. These smaller sections were peiced...

Skylab was the first space station launched and operated by NASA from 1973 to 1979. The first space station was launched by the Soviet Union in 1971. The core module for the International Space...

it is different because it is shared by every country