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STS-120 Bringing Harmony To Space Station

First US Pressurized Component Added Since 2001

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration say the space shuttle Discovery and the STS-120 crew is all set to increase the size of the International Space Station in October.

The Italian-built Node 2 module was named Harmony by a public school competition, as ANN reported.

The six-sided unity module links the US and Russian sections of the station and will provide attachment points for Japanese and European laboratory units. Those units are scheduled to be launched later this year and early next, according to United Press International.

"It's the gateway to the international partners," Lead Space Station Flight Director Derek Hassman said. "As the station is configured today, there's nowhere to put all the international partner modules until we deliver and activate Node 2. That's the piece that makes the rest possible."

The Harmony module measures 23-foot-by-14-foot and will be the first new U.S. pressurized component to be added since the Quest Airlock was attached in 2001.

FMI: www.nasa.gov

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