KSC00PP-0878
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1 watch the progress of the Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 (PMA-3) as it is transferred to the payload bay of the orbiter Discovery. A component of the International Space Station, the PMA-3 will fly on Shuttle mission STS-92, scheduled to launch October 5. The mission will be the fifth flight to the Space Station, and the 100th Shuttle flight overall. PMA-3 provides shuttle docking port for solar array installation on flight 4A (mission STS-97 scheduled for November 30), and Lab installation on flight 5A (mission STS-98, scheduled for January 18, 2001).
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KSC00PP-0878
Date Created
July 6, 2000
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Location
Kennedy Space Center, FL
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