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Space Station Payloads

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Solar array canister is lowered for installation on the S6 truss segment.

S6 Truss Segment
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Mission STS-119

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Station Features

A Station Celebration

The first two modules of the International Space Station are joined.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana reflects on commanding the first space station construction mission.

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Station Prepares for Expanding Crew

MPLM Leonardo carries the STS-126 payload for the space station.

Just in time for its 10th anniversary, the space station will get an out-of-this-world home makeover.

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More Power to Them

The final truss segment and solar arrays soon head for the International Space Station.

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Completing Japan's "Hope"

Kibo's external experiment platform is moved in the processing facility.

The Japanese Experiment Module Kibo's last element is set to join the International Space Station.

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Station Processing

Space Station Processing

Kennedy Space Center is the final checkpoint for International Space Station hardware.
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Space Station Processing Facility

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Space Station Processing Facility

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Featured Multimedia

A Milestone Remembered

Center Director Bob Cabana reflects on commanding STS-88, the first ISS construction mission 10 years ago.
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Home Improvement - NASA Style

Endeavour to deliver enough equipment and supplies to double station's crew size next year.
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At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ramps are in place for the offloading of the primary cargo from the Russian Antonov AH-124-100 cargo airplane. The plane carr...