How did they get the ISS up in space? – Space Exploration Zone

Question: How did they get the ISS up in space?
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Asked by DJSLily to Stephen on 9 Mar 2017.
- Stephen Pulker answered on 9 Mar 2017:
  
  They launched it bit by bit using the Space Shuttle and other launchers. So one of the design constraints on the ISS is that it has to be made from lots of smaller pieces, each of which have to fit on a rocket . . . that is why the ISS is made of lots of modules / compartments.

Question: How did they get the ISS up in space?