The International Space Station on Tour

The International Space Station(ISS) is the first station or man spacecraft interested in space that was a tourist, the tour price was 20 million U.S. dollars and the visitor's name was Denis Tito U.S. citizen"

Donations

The countries that are providing technology infrastructure either as in the "know how" is 16; here are the relationships of these with links to relevant space agencies:

USA - NASA

United States has the responsibility for development and execution of major operations and systems on board. The U.S. elements include three connecting modules or nodes, a laboratory module, four solar panels, a module room, three adapters, a dome, a centrifugal depressurized module for parts logistics. The systems developed by the U.S. include thermal control, life support, guidance navigation and control, data handling, power systems, communications, facilities operations processing facilities for takeoff.

Canada – CSA

Canada is providing a robotic arm 55 feet in length for use in assembly and maintenance tasks on the Space Station.

European Space Agency - (11 countries)

ESA (Acronyms in Castilian) is responsible for building a pressurized laboratory to be launched into space on Ariane5.

Members Participants at the ESA (European Space Agency)

Belgium

Denmark - DSRI

France - CNES (French)

Germany - DLR

Italy - ASI

Holland

Norway - NSC

Spain - INTA

Sweden - SNSB

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Japan - NASDA

Japan is building a laboratory with an exterior platform for experiments and transport vehicles.

Russia - Rosaviakosmos

Russia provides two research modules: the service module with its own systems of life support and habitability and energy scavenging platform comprising solar panels that can provide about 20 kilowatts of electrical energy. It also provides transportation and logistical elements of the Soyuz spacecraft for different missions mobilization. Brazil - INPE Brazil is providing equipment to the station through agreements with U.S.