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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – – During a media event in the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to showcase the newest section of the International Space Station, the Tranquility node, astronaut Kay Hire and Director of the ISS and Spacecraft Processing Directorate Russell Romanella (center) talk with Mark Jager, program manager, with Checkout Assembly and Payload Processing Services at The Boeing Company. At far right is astronaut George Zamka, who is commander for the STS-130 mission that will deliver Tranquility to the space station. Managers from NASA, the European Space Agency, Thales Alenia Space and Boeing -- the organizations involved in building and processing the module for flight -- were available for a question-and-answer session during the event. Tranquility is a pressurized module that will provide room for many of the station's life support systems. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann