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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-115 Mission Specialist Joseph Tanner (left) checks out a camera and cables to be used in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). Known as Kibo, the JEM consists of six components: two research facilities - the Pressurized Module and the Exposed Facility; a Logistics Module attached to each of them; a Remote Manipulator System; and an Inter-Orbit Communication System unit. Kibo also has a scientific airlock through which experiments are transferred and exposed to the external environment of space. The various components of JEM will be assembled in space over the course of three Space Shuttle missions. Equipment familiarization is a routine part of astronaut training and launch preparations.
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Oct 22, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-115 Mission Specialist Joseph Tanner (left) checks out a camera and cables to be used in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). Known as Kibo, the JEM consists of six components: two research facilities - the Pressurized Module and the Exposed Facility; a Logistics Module attached to each of them; a Remote Manipulator System; and an Inter-Orbit Communication System unit. Kibo also has a scientific airlock through which experiments are transferred and exposed to the external environment of space. The various components of JEM will be assembled in space over the course of three Space Shuttle missions. Equipment familiarization is a routine part of astronaut training and launch preparations.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-115 Mission Specialist Joseph Tanner...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Italian-built module, U.S. Node 2, moves past the Vehicle Assembly Building as it is transferred to the Space Station Processing Facility. The second of three connecting modules on the International Space Station, Node 2 attaches to the end of the U.S. Lab and provides attach locations for the Japanese laboratory, European laboratory, the Centrifuge Accommodation Module and, later, Multipurpose Logistics Modules. It will provide the primary docking location for the Shuttle when a pressurized mating adapter is attached to Node 2. Installation of the module will complete the U.S. Core of the ISS. Node 2 is the designated payload for mission STS-120. No orbiter or launch date has been determined yet.
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Jun 2, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Italian-built module, U.S. Node 2, moves past the Vehicle Assembly Building as it is transferred to the Space Station Processing Facility. The second of three connecting modules on the International Space Station, Node 2 attaches to the end of the U.S. Lab and provides attach locations for the Japanese laboratory, European laboratory, the Centrifuge Accommodation Module and, later, Multipurpose Logistics Modules. It will provide the primary docking location for the Shuttle when a pressurized mating adapter is attached to Node 2. Installation of the module will complete the U.S. Core of the ISS. Node 2 is the designated payload for mission STS-120. No orbiter or launch date has been determined yet.

NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-115 Mission Specialist Joseph Tanner (center, foreground) works with technicians to learn more about the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM), known as Kibo. The JEM consists of six components: two research facilities - the Pressurized Module and the Exposed Facility; a Logistics Module attached to each of them; a Remote Manipulator System; and an Inter-Orbit Communication System unit. Kibo also has a scientific airlock through which experiments are transferred and exposed to the external environment of space. The various components of JEM will be assembled in space over the course of three Space Shuttle missions. Equipment familiarization is a routine part of astronaut training and launch preparations.
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Oct 22, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-115 Mission Specialist Joseph Tanner (center, foreground) works with technicians to learn more about the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM), known as Kibo. The JEM consists of six components: two research facilities - the Pressurized Module and the Exposed Facility; a Logistics Module attached to each of them; a Remote Manipulator System; and an Inter-Orbit Communication System unit. Kibo also has a scientific airlock through which experiments are transferred and exposed to the external environment of space. The various components of JEM will be assembled in space over the course of three Space Shuttle missions. Equipment familiarization is a routine part of astronaut training and launch preparations.

NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-115 Mission Specialist Joseph Tanner takes a closer look at the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). Known as Kibo, the JEM consists of six components: two research facilities - the Pressurized Module and the Exposed Facility; a Logistics Module attached to each of them; a Remote Manipulator System; and an Inter-Orbit Communication System unit. Kibo also has a scientific airlock through which experiments are transferred and exposed to the external environment of space. The various components of JEM will be assembled in space over the course of three Space Shuttle missions. Equipment familiarization is a routine part of astronaut training and launch preparations.
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Oct 22, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-115 Mission Specialist Joseph Tanner takes a closer look at the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). Known as Kibo, the JEM consists of six components: two research facilities - the Pressurized Module and the Exposed Facility; a Logistics Module attached to each of them; a Remote Manipulator System; and an Inter-Orbit Communication System unit. Kibo also has a scientific airlock through which experiments are transferred and exposed to the external environment of space. The various components of JEM will be assembled in space over the course of three Space Shuttle missions. Equipment familiarization is a routine part of astronaut training and launch preparations.

NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Changeout Room (PCR) at Launch Pad 39A are preparing to close the payload doors for flight on the Space Shuttle Atlantis, targeted for liftoff on Mission STS-79 around Sept. 12. The SPACEHAB Double Module located in the aft area of the payload bay is filled with supplies and other items slated for transfer to the Russian Space Station Mir. STS-79 marks the second flight of a SPACEHAB in support of the Shuttle-Mir dockings, and the first flight of the double-module configuration. The SPACEHAB is connected by tunnel to the Orbiter Docking System (ODS), with the Androgynous Peripheral Docking System (APDS) clearly visible on top of the ODS. The APDS provides the docking interface for the linkup with Mir, while the ODS provides a passageway from the orbiter to the Russian space station and the SPACEHAB.
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Aug 22, 1996

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Changeout Room (PCR) at Launch Pad 39A are preparing to close the payload doors for flight on the Space Shuttle Atlantis, targeted for liftoff on Mission STS-79 around Sept. 12. The SPACEHAB Double Module located in the aft area of the payload bay is filled with supplies and other items slated for transfer to the Russian Space Station Mir. STS-79 marks the second flight of a SPACEHAB in support of the Shuttle-Mir dockings, and the first flight of the double-module configuration. The SPACEHAB is connected by tunnel to the Orbiter Docking System (ODS), with the Androgynous Peripheral Docking System (APDS) clearly visible on top of the ODS. The APDS provides the docking interface for the linkup with Mir, while the ODS provides a passageway from the orbiter to the Russian space station and the SPACEHAB.

NASA image: ESA Albert Einstein ATV-4 during approach
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Jun 15, 2013

ESA Albert Einstein ATV-4 during approach

ISS036-E-007747 (15 June 2013) --- The European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 (ATV-4) “Albert...

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NASA image: Wakata conducts CPCG-HM Unit Installation and Activatation
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Apr 21, 2014

Wakata conducts CPCG-HM Unit Installation and Activatation

ISS039-E-014393 (21 April 2014) --- Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson, left, and Japan Aerospace...

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NASA image: HTV-5 approach for docking to ISS
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Aug 24, 2015

HTV-5 approach for docking to ISS

iss044e065321 (Aug. 24, 2015) --- JAXA's (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) H-II Transfer Vehicle-5, also known as...

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NASA image: MPLM Transfer OPS
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Apr 9, 2010

MPLM Transfer OPS

S131-E-008380 (9 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger is pictured during the transfer of a...

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NASA image: Orbital ATK
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Mar 11, 2015

Orbital ATK

The Orion team (including Orion Program Manager Mark Geyer) congratulates the Orbital ATK team in Promontory, Utah...

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NASA image: ATV-4 approach to ISS
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Jun 15, 2013

ATV-4 approach to ISS

ISS036-E-008170 (15 June 2013) --- The European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 (ATV-4) “Albert...

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NASA image: Swanson in the US Lab
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Apr 18, 2014

Swanson in the US Lab

ISS039-E-013158 (18 April 2014) --- In the U.S. lab Destiny on the Earth-orbiting International Space Station,...

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NASA image: Orbital ATK
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Mar 11, 2015

Orbital ATK

The Orion team congratulates the Orbital ATK team in Promontory, Utah on their efforts in making Exploration Flight...

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NASA image: ESA Albert Einstein ATV-4 during approach
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Jun 15, 2013

ESA Albert Einstein ATV-4 during approach

ISS036-E-007858 (15 June 2013) --- The European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 (ATV-4) “Albert...

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Feb 25, 2003

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis rolls away from Bay 3 in the Vehicle Assembly Building to move...

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May 15, 2017

iss051e042749

iss051e042749 (5/15/2017) -- NASA astronaut Jack Fischer loads the NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer in to an airlock in...

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NASA image: Orbital ATK
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Mar 11, 2015

Orbital ATK

The Orion team congratulates the Orbital ATK team in Promontory, Utah on their efforts in making Exploration Flight...

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NASA image: iss063e031761
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Jun 21, 2020

iss063e031761

iss063e031761 (June 21, 2020) --- The International Space Station was orbiting over Kazakhstan and into China when...

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NASA image: ESA Albert Einstein ATV-4 during approach
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Jun 15, 2013

ESA Albert Einstein ATV-4 during approach

ISS036-E-007856 (15 June 2013) --- The European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 (ATV-4) “Albert...

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NASA image: ESA Albert Einstein ATV-4 during approach
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Jun 15, 2013

ESA Albert Einstein ATV-4 during approach

ISS036-E-007862 (15 June 2013) --- The European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 (ATV-4) “Albert...

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NASA image: HTV-5 departs the ISS
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Sep 28, 2015

HTV-5 departs the ISS

iss45e034643 (Sept. 28, 2015) --- JAXA's (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) H-II Transfer Vehicle-5, also known as...

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NASA image: ESA Albert Einstein ATV-4 during approach
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Jun 15, 2013

ESA Albert Einstein ATV-4 during approach

ISS036-E-007748 (15 June 2013) --- The European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 (ATV-4) “Albert...

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NASA image: ESA Albert Einstein ATV-4 during approach
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Jun 15, 2013

ESA Albert Einstein ATV-4 during approach

ISS036-E-007864 (15 June 2013) --- As seen from a window in the Pirs module, the European Space Agency's Automated...

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NASA image: View of Moon over Earth limb taken by the Expedition 37 crew.
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Oct 19, 2013

View of Moon over Earth limb taken by the Expedition 37 crew.

ISS037-E-017169 (19 Oct. 2013) --- The European Space Agency's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-4), also known...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-115 Mission Specialist Joseph Tanner...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Changeout Room (PCR) at Launch Pad 39A are preparing to close...

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