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Technicians prepare to install one of six hatches or doors to the Unity node -- the first U.S.-built component of the International Space Station to be launched. The node is scheduled to launch aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour Thursday, Dec. 3. Unity, built from 1994 to 1997 by The Boeing Co. at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will serve as a connecting passageway for Space Station modules. It was shipped from Marshall to Kennedy Space Center, Fla., in June 1997.
Photo Credit: Boeing Co.
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Workers prepare the International Space Station Unity node for shipment from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., to Kennedy Space Center, Fla., in June 1997. Unity is the first U.S.-built component of the Space Station to be scheduled for launch. The launch is set for Thursday, Dec. 3, on the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Unity will serve as a connecting passageway to Space Station modules. It was manufactured by The Boeing Co. at Marshall from 1994 to 1997.
Photo Credit: Boeing Co.
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The Unity node is readied for transport from NASA's Marshall Center in Huntsville, Ala., to Kennedy Space Center, Fla., in June 1997. The node, scheduled to launch aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour Thursday, Dec. 3, is a six-sided connector to which all future U.S. Station modules will attach. Once the Space Station is fully constructed, Unity will serve as a habitable passageway to Space Station modules. Unity was manufactured by The Boeing Co. at Marshall from 1994 to 1997.
Photo Credit: Boeing Co.
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An International Space Station node undergoes dynamic and structural testing at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. It was built by The Boeing Co. at the Marshall Center from 1994 to 1997.
Photo Credit: NASA
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An International Space Station node undergoes dynamic and structural testing at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. It was built by The Boeing Co. at the Marshall Center from 1994 to 1997.
Photo Credit: NASA
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A welding technician at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., repairs an aluminum lithium weld using a new technique developed at Marshall by NASA and Lockheed Martin engineers and technicians. The new technique, devised to manufacture the new, super lightweight Space Shuttle external tank, results in much better mechanical properties than repairs made with standard techniques. The new tank is the same size as the one it replaces - but about 7,500 pounds lighter. It now features aluminum lithium - a lighter, stronger material than the metal alloy used to manufacture previous external tanks. The weight reduction is essential for launching heavy pieces of the International Space Station for assembly on orbit. The first U.S.-built module for the Space Station, the Unity connecting node, is to be launched Dec. 3 on the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The Shuttle's new, super lightweight fuel tank made its debut with the
June 2 launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery.
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