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	History of Spaceflight: The International Space Station (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The module weighted 19,051 kilograms (42,000 pounds), has a length of 13.1 meters (43 ft), a width of 29.7 meters (97.5 ft), was launched by a Russian Proton rocket on July 11, 2000, and docked 13 days 19 hours 49 minutes later with the ISS complex.
		The module's length is 8.5 meters (28ft) and the width is 4.3 meters (14ft).
		Multipurpose Logistics Module The three Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules, which were built by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), are pressurized modules that serve as the International Space Station's "moving vans," carrying laboratory racks filled with equipment, experiments and supplies to and from the station aboard the space shuttle.
	www.geocities.com /denny_colweb2/issmod.htm (1456 words)

	Destiny Laboratory Module - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The aluminum U.S. laboratory module is 28 feet long and 14 feet wide (8.5 m by 4.3 m).
		Four standoffs provide raceways for module utilitiesâ”interfaces for ducting, piping, and wiring to be run to/from the individual racks and throughout the Lab.
		Internal to the laboratory are racks, rack standoffs, and vestibule jumpers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Destiny_Laboratory_Module (729 words)

	Building Blocks
		The node serves as a passageway to the U.S. laboratory module.
		The Italian multipurpose laboratory modules are used to carry all pressurized cargo and payloads launched on the Space Shuttle.
		The Leonardo multipurpose logistics module, which was built by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), was the first of three such pressurized modules that serve as the International Space Station's "moving vans," carrying laboratory racks filled with equipment, experiments, and supplies to and from the station aboard the Space Shuttle.
	aerospacescholars.jsc.nasa.gov /HAS/cirr/ss/5/2.cfm (2410 words)

	Boeing report for the proposed multipurpose mission module. (21939)
		The study was made on the presumption of a laboratory module launched in the LEM adapter area which would be aligned with an access hatch in the module.
		The module would be designed for an internal pressure of 48 kilonewtons per sq m (7 psia) for a 180-day mission.
		The multipurpose mission module, as proposed, would allow much flexibility in missions, including formation of large space stations, and would permit use of an assortment of internal and external equipment without affecting the integrity of the shell and requiring only minor structural additions or changes.
	www.astronautix.com /details/boe21939.htm (448 words)

	Kristall module (77KST)
		For each docking with Buran, the Kristall module would be moved from its usual parking position on the side docking port to the front docking port of the core module.
		In 1995, the Kristall module was relocated on the front docking port of the core module, as it would be done for Buran missions, to receive the US Space Shuttle.
		The Proton rocket with the Kristall module standing on the launch pad in Area 200 of Baikonur Cosmodrome, shortly before launch on May 31, 1990.
	www.russianspaceweb.com /mir_kristall.html (503 words)

	Science Fair Projects - International Space Station
		On December 1, 1987, NASA announced the names of four U.S. companies who were awarded contracts to help manufacture the US-built parts of the Space Station: Boeing Aerospace, General Electric 's Astro-Space Division, McDonnell Douglas, and the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell.
		As of 2003 it is unable to yet accommodate the expected crew of seven, thus severely limiting the amount of science that can be performed on it and angering European partners in the project.
		For example the European Space Agency's laboratory module Columbus is ready to go, but can't be delivered into orbit by currently available launchers.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/International_Space_Station (1909 words)

	There's Movement at the Station: Dr. Andrew Thomas Gets Ready for the ISS
		Carrying the Leonardo Multipurpose Logistics Module (MPLM), which will be filled with equipment and supplies to outfit the US Laboratory module (due to be launched on STS-98).
		These modules will carry laboratory racks filled with equipment, experiments and supplies to and from the ISS aboard the Shuttle, and will be berthed to the station after docking.
		The US Laboratory module 'Destiny' will be the centerpiece for performing an extensive array of scientific research projects in the near zero gravity of space, covering areas such as Life Sciences, Earth Science and Space Product Development.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/aust-00b.html (1562 words)

	Spaceflight Now \| Space Station \| Mission Status Center
		Coleman was referring to delayed work to move a cargo module from the station to the shuttle's payload bay for return to Earth and additional work with the station's newly installed robot arm to hand a no-longer-needed cargo pallet to Endeavour's robot arm for reberthing in the ship's cargo bay.
		The primary goal of the excursion, scheduled to begin at 9:06 a.m., is to activate the socket on the Destiny laboratory module's hull where one end of the new Canadarm 2 space crane is plugged in.
		NASA's Destiny laboratory module is bolted to the multi-hatch Unity node.
	spaceflightnow.com /station/status11.html (15579 words)

	table2.47
		The laboratory, which would be launched by a Saturn V, would accommodate a crew of 24 and be operational for I to 5 years.
		Checkout of the airlock module, multiple docking adapter, and ATM flight units was completed at KSC, and the units were mated to the OWS and the OWS to its Saturn V launch vehicle.
		NASA officials decided to attempt a form of drag modulation (the drag of the vehicle and its flight duration would be altered by ground control) to control Skylab's orbital decay and reentry position.
	history.nasa.gov /SP-4012/vol3/table2.47.htm (3099 words)

	SPACE.com -- Shuttle to carry first lab to station in January
		The shuttle crew will start turning on some of the laboratory's main systems during the sixth day of the mission and the second spacewalk.
		The first major experiment for the laboratory will be sent up on the Italian-made Multipurpose Logistics Module -- nicknamed Leonardo -- which is the equivalent of the station's U-Haul van.
		The module will return empty on the shuttle to be used again on a future mission.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/missions/fl_sts98_001223a.html (705 words)

	ISS EO-2
		Leonardo, the first of three logistics modules developed and built by the Italian Space Agency, was affixed to a berthing port on Unity overnight as mission specialist Andy Thomas carefully maneuvered it into place at 12:02 CST a.m.
		The hatches between the two modules were closed and the vestibule was depressurized, but after a 15 minute leak check period, ground controllers noted pressure in the vestibule was not at expected levels.
		On Monday, a Russian Progress resupply vehicle was jettisoned from the aft docking port of the Zvezda module, enabling the station crew to undock its Soyuz return capsule from the nadir port of the Zarya module yesterday and fly it to a redocking with Zvezda in a 21-minute maneuver.
	www.astronautix.com /flights/isseo2.htm (20421 words)

	Space Today Online - International Space Station Launch Dates
		Progress was to be undocked from the space station to clear a path for the linkup of shuttle Endeavour flight STS-97 to a docking port on the Unity module on Dec. 2.
		The U.S. Laboratory Module is where unprecedented science experiments are performed in the near-zero gravity of space.
		The Leonardo, built by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), was the first of three such pressurized modules that serve as the station's "moving vans" carrying laboratory racks filled with equipment, experiments and supplies to and from the station aboard a space shuttle.
	www.spacetoday.org /SpcStns/ISSschedule99.html (3824 words)

	STS-102 Detail Page for Overview: New Crew, New Lab Racks to be Launched to ISS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The crew changeout is the first for the ISS, and the logistical module, named Leonardo, is the first of three that will serve as pressurized moving vans, bringing equipment and supplies to the space station.
		In addition to the new crew and the Multipurpose Logistics Module, Discovery also brings to the ISS the Integrated Cargo Carrier and two Assembly Power Converter Units (APCU's) in the orbiter's cargo bay, and ISS equipment and supplies in the Orbiter crew compartment.
		The arrival aboard Leonardo of the first scientific rack for the U.S. laboratory is significant in that it is a major step toward the beginning of scientific research aboard the space station.
	www.shuttlepresskit.com /STS-102/OVR187.htm (1992 words)

	NASA - International Space Station
		The Unity connecting node, Destiny laboratory module and the Space Station’s Airlock module were manufactured by the Boeing Co. at on-site facilities provided by the Marshall Center.
		The module is a reusable logistics carrier that will be the primary delivery system to resupply and return Space Station cargo that requires a pressurized environment.
		The laboratory will support the development and processing of microgravity payloads that are serviced by Marshall Center or made available to researchers in the science community.
	www.nasa.gov /centers/marshall/news/background/facts/iss.htm (860 words)

	International Space Station Assembly Zvezda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Zvezda service module is the first fully Russian contribution to the International Space Station and serves as the cornerstone for early human habitation of the station.
		Named for the Russian word for ‘Star,’ the service module is scheduled to be launched unpiloted at 12:56:28 AM EDT on July 12 as the third station component, docking by remote control with the already orbiting Zarya and Unity modules at an altitude of about 245 by 230 statute miles (394 x 371 kilometers).
		Russia is providing two research modules; the Service Module with its own life support and habitation systems; a science power platform of solar arrays that can supply about 20 kilowatts of electrical power; logistics transport vehicles, and Soyuz spacecraft for crew return and transfer.
	www.shuttlepresskit.com /ISS_OVR/assembly2_overview.htm (5686 words)

	Nat' Academies Press, Institutional Arrangements for Space Station Research (1999)
		Following the launch of the Russian element Zvedzda (service module), the ISS will be capable of permanent habitation by a crew of three in 2000, a crew of six in 2004, and, finally, a crew of seven following the development and deployment of a crew return vehicle sometime after 2004.
		The six pressurized laboratories are being provided by the United States (a laboratory module and a centrifuge accommodation module), the European Space Agency (the Columbus orbiting facility), Japan (the Kibo module), and Russia (two research modules).
		During the construction phase of the ISS, the delivery to orbit and installation of key international modules, as presently planned (NASA, 1999), is as shown in Table 1.1.
	www.nap.edu /books/NI000236/html/8.html (3476 words)

	COLUMBUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The manned space laboratory Columbus is one of the two main European contributions to the International Space Station (ISS).
		After the docking of this module, a preliminary ISS configuration was reached, enabling crew experimentation.
		The European Columbus module launching and docking to the ISS is delayed from October 2004 to the 2005/2006 time frame due to the Columbia accident.
	www.gsoc.dlr.de /columbus.htm (881 words)

	Articles - International Space Station (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Despite the grounding, STS-114 continued in its mission to mate a Italian-built Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM), Raffaello to the Unity Node of the station.
		The MPLM serves as a temporary pressurized module that carries new food and supplies to the station, and a depository for accumulated waste once the fresh supplies have been delivered.
		The modules then return with the shuttle and are reloaded for future missions.
	www.poncier.com /articles/International_Space_Station (1897 words)

	Stock Exchange Announcement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Space Shuttle Discovery (Mission STS-102), is due to lift-off from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 8 March, carrying the first major experiments for the International Space Station (ISS) laboratory module, Destiny.
		Leonardo is the first of three pressurized modules that will carry laboratory racks, equipment and supplies to and from the ISS.
		The laboratory is expected to yield a stream of findings from a planned series of hundreds of science and technology experiments.
	www.radstone.com /press/dsp_release.aspx?id=33 (404 words)

	The Laboratories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Exposed Facility is attached to the Pressurized Module and often is referred to as the Module's "back porch." Many of its experiments are designed to be handled by the Japanese Experiment Module's Remote Manipulator System, relieving astronauts of the need to conduct spacewalks when changing or manipulating them.
		Unique among ISS modules, this module will permit long-term study of the effects of varying gravity levels on the structure and function of generations of living organisms and test methods for countering the negative results of those variations.
		The module is covered with an insulation blanket to protect it from the harsh temperatures of space.
	aerospacescholars.jsc.nasa.gov /HAS/cirr/ss/6/2.cfm (2678 words)

	Sixteen Nations
		Some of the parts the United States is responsible for in building the International Space Station (ISS) include three connecting modules called nodes, a laboratory module, solar arrays, and a habitation module.
		The Zarya Control Module was built by Russia and owned by the U.S. Russia is providing two research modules, a Service Module that will serve as living quarters during the construction of the International Space Center, solar arrays, docking equipment, and logistic transport vehicles.
		This module, the first of three, is a "moving van" for transporting equipment to and from the space station aboard space shuttles.
	www.harcourtschool.com /activity/space_station/tl_together.html (582 words)

	NASA Solicitation: Scale Model of International Space Station with Space Shuttle Orbiter for Use as Award \| SpaceRef - ...
		The model shall be built so the various modules, solar arrays, etc are depicted in the "Assembly Complete Configuration" as identified July, 2004 including changes identified at that time.
		Main solar arrays shall be tilted at a 30 to 45 degree angle with respect to the main module axis.
		Modules of ISS will reflect this appearance as shown in this top view.
	www.spaceref.com /news/viewsr.html?pid=14854 (732 words)

	ESA Portal - Press Releases - ESA astronaut Umberto Guidoni to be first European on the International Space Station
		That module, named Leonardo, is the first of three such carriers scheduled for launch to the Space Station.
		Both the MPLMs and Europe's Columbus laboratory, which will be added to the Space Station in 2003, have been derived from the European-designed laboratory, the Spacelab, which flew on 22 Shuttle flights over 15 years, from 1983 to 1998.
		STS-102's cargo - laboratory racks filled with equipment, experiments and supplies - will be used to outfit the U.S. laboratory module, which will have been attached to the Space Station one month earlier.
	www.esa.int /export/esaCP/Pr_7_1999_p_EN.html (413 words)

	Untitled Normal Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The International Space Station is being designed as a multipurpose facility to provide more laboratory space, more electrical power, larger crew accommodations, and greater international cooperation than any previous space station.
		The United States is supplying the laboratory module, which is the main structure.
		Japan is developing the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM), and in Europe, the European Space Agency is developing both a pressurized laboratory called Columbus Orbital Facility and the Automated Transfer Vehicle for supplying logistics and propulsion.
	web.bryant.edu /~ehu/h364proj/fall_97/poholek/intspst.htm (293 words)

	2007 International Space Station Alpha Construction Schedule
		Laboratory module will be temporarily docked to bottom hatch of Unity during shuttle visit
		The Russian reconfiguration also includes the replacement of the Docking and Stowage Module with the Multipurpose Laboratory Module (once known as Enterprize MsTM), the scaling down of the Science Power Platform, and elimination of Docking Compartment-2 (Pirs Docking Compartment-1 will remain and be relocated).
		Laboratory logistics module will be temporarily docked to bottom hatch of Unity during shuttle visit
	www.geocities.com /i_s_s_alpha/2007.htm (439 words)

	Detailed information on iss assembly 2004
		The second of three station connecting modules, Node 2, attaches to end of U.S. Lab and provides attach locations for the Japanese laboratory, European laboratory, the Centrifuge Accomodation Module and later Multipurpose Logistics Modules.
		Japanese-developed pressurized logistics module is delivered carrying four systems racks, one stowage rack and three experiment racks to be used for Japanese laboratory, the Japanese Experiment Module,
		The primary Japanese contribution, the Japanese Experiment Module, or JEM, laboratory, is delivered and begins use.
	freespace.virgin.net /d.finn/iss-assembly-2004.html (505 words)

	Rednova NEWS \| Robotic Arm for ISS Tested Underwater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The impressive robotic arm is over eleven metres in length and weighs 630 kg.
		Once ERA reaches the International Space Station (ISS), the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM) will be its home base.
		Last summer it was decided that the robotic arm would be launched in November 2007 on board a Russian Proton rocket together with MLM.
	www.rednova.com /modules/news/tools.php?tool=print&id=108123 (483 words)

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