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ISS astronauts prepare Harmony module for permanent docking
Washington (AFP) Nov 9, 2007 A US and Russian astronaut on the International Space Station on Friday went on a seven-hour spacewalk to prepare the recently delivered Harmony module for its permanent docking point on the ISS, NASA said. Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko "spent Friday morning disconnecting and stowing cables, removing a light ... and taking a cover off the Harmony node's Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM)," the US space agency said. The two astronauts on Monday will remove the Pressure Mating Adapter 2 from the US Destiny laboratory on the ISS and attach it to Harmony's CBM, which on Wednesday will then be moved and attached to the forward end of Destiny. The Harmony module will allow the European Columbus science lab to be installed on the ISS, during shuttle Atlantis' mission in early December, as well as the Japanese Kibo lab, due to be delivered in two parts in February and April 2008. The 14.3-tonne Harmony was delivered to the ISS by the shuttle Discovery during its October 23-November 7 mission to the ISS. It was docked temporarily to the ISS's Unity mode. The ISS, a 100-billion-dollar (70.3-billion-euro) project involving 16 countries, is considered crucial to US ambitions for a manned mission to Mars. NASA plans at least another 11 space missions to complete it by 2010, when the shuttle fleet is scheduled to be taken out of service. Related Links Station at NASA Station and More at Roscosmos S.P. Korolev RSC Energia Watch NASA TV via Space.TV Space Station News at Space-Travel.Com
Discovery Mission Readies Station For International Partner Labs
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 09, 2007With the International Space Station's Harmony module set for docking by the European and Japanese laboratories, and sections of the station's truss and solar arrays moved and working, Space Shuttle Discovery's crew returned to Earth November 7, the shuttle glinting in Florida's midday sun. |
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