KSC-02pd1496
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The node structural test article (STA) is offloaded through the open nose of the Super Guppy transport aircraft following its arrival at Kennedy Space Center from Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. It was moved to KSC for storage. An exact replica of the Unity Node on the International Space Station, the node STA was used at MSFC for testing and validation purposes. The Unity Node is the pressurized element that connects the other ISS pressurized modules together and was the first U.S. element to launch.
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KSC-02pd1496
Date Created
October 9, 2002
Center
KSC
Media Type
image
Location
Kennedy Space Center, FL
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