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Cupola, left, and Tranquility Node 3 are joined in the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Tranquility Node 3 and Cupola
Aboard Endeavour
Mission STS-130

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NASA Receives Tranquility

Bernardo Patti, ESA, left, and Michael Suffredini, NASA.

The last major component set to be added to the International Space Station was officially transferred from the European Space Agency to NASA.

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Engineers Excited by EuTEF's Return on Discovery

EuTEF on the International Space Station

A European experiments platform called EuTEF returned to Earth after 18 months on the International Space Station.

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Space Station's Tranquility

Node 3 Tranquility

Node 3, named Tranquility, will expand the station's size and support facilities.

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Station Processing

Space Station Processing Facility

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  • Tranquility is readied for move to pad

    STS-130 Payload Ready

    In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, operations are under way to place the International Space Station's Node 3, named Tranquility, into a payload transp...

  • Payload canister is delivered to Launch Pad 39A where space shuttle Atlantis stands.

    STS-129 Payload Delivered to the Pad

    At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers monitor the lift of the canister containing the payload for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission to the International Space Station toward the Pay...

  • Workers prepare the Tranquility Node 3 and Cupola inside the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

    Cupola and Tranquility

    The last two major U.S. components for the space station are set to fly together.

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