The further construction of the International Space Station was also delayed, as the space shuttles were the only available delivery vehicle for station modules.

There were to have been two Cupolas, one on either end of the racetrack shape formed by the station modules and nodes.

S0 is used to route power to the pressurized station modules and conduct heat away from the modules to the S1 and P1 Trusses.

The reattached cables carry power from the solar arrays on the Spektr, the station module that was punctured during the collision.

Zvezda, which cost about $340 million, is the first station module fully financed by Russia.

This was the first connection made between two station modules.

In the future it is possible that the orbital module(s) could also be left behind on station as additional station modules.

One station built, a station module could be hauled to the next star, whatever it was.

In the planning phase, the player first allocates the funds they have to various budget items, like crew selection, station modules, and research and development.

From there the player purchases equipment like space suits and satellites, and station modules like laboratories and solar arrays.