A progress report on the ISS [International Space Station] from August of 1997. Contains footage of the construction of: the Russian FGB [Functional Cargo Block], the American Node 1 component, and the Russian service module; animations to show the step-by-step construction of the station; astronaut training - splashdown, microgravity training in the pool at Sunny Carter Training Facility [at the Johnson Space Centre in Houston]; press statements from space station astronauts Bill Shepherd [commander] and Sergei Krikalev [flight engineer].