COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Human Spaceflight Collection
Record
General Description:
International Space Station Imagery
Description:
KSC-97PC-923 (June 23, 1997) --- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL -- Node 1, the first element of the International Space Station to be manufactured in the United States and the first to be launched on the Space Shuttle, is unloaded in its container from an Air Force C-5 jet cargo transport at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility runway on June 23 after its arrival from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The module was then transported to the Space Station Processing Facility. The Node 1 module is currently scheduled to lift off aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in July 1998 along with Pressurized Mating Adapters (PMAs) 1 and 2. The 18-foot in diameter, 22-foot-long aluminum module was manufactured by the Boeing Co. at MSFC. Once in space, the Node 1 will function as a connecting passageway to the living and working areas of the International Space Station. It has six hatches that will serve as docking ports to the U.S. laboratory module, U.S. habitation module, an airlock and other Space Station elements.
image id:
Photo-ksc97pc923
facet_what:
International Space Station (ISS)
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Endeavour
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_what:
Unity
facet_where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_where:
United States of America
facet_when:
July 1998
facet_when:
June 23, 1997
facet_when_year:
1997
facet_when_year:
1998
UID:
SPD-SPFLT-Photo-ksc97pc923
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