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The ISS is a joint project among the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Japan, Canada and ten European nations that are members of the European Space Agency. They are France, Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Germany, Italy and The Netherlands. The Brazilian Space Agency participates through a separate contract with NASA. Some other countries have contributed experiments to the ISS.

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