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20002000: The first ISS crew
The orbital station became a place for sustained cooperation.
On 2 November 2000, the first long-duration crew arrived at the ISS: Yuri Gidzenko, Sergei Krikalev and William Shepherd.
Station life combined research, equipment maintenance and coordination with Earth. The international project entered an era of continuous human presence in orbit.
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