#OTD in 2000, Bill Shepherd, Sergei Krikalev, and Yuri Gidzenko became the first long-term residents of the International Space Station, spending 136 days on board, which marked the beginning of a continuous human presence in space that continues today. . . . . . . . . . #space #nasa #astronaut #spacestation #iss #internationalspacestation #onthisday #science #spacescience #spaceexploration #today #history #sciencehistory #human #earth #life