NASA marks 25th anniversary of ISS with call to crew on space station Twenty-five years ago, Bob Cabana was at space shuttle Endeavour's controls when he fired thrusters to dock a U.S.-built node with a Russian module, giving birth to the International Space Station. https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cCeCFnWaTmJPYkhBbY4Zbd.jpg https://www.space.com/international-space-station-25-years-cabana-expedition-70