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Space Station Payloads

Next Space Station Element

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

Japan's Exposed Facility and Experiment Logistics Module
Aboard Endeavour
Mission STS-127

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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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Cupola, the Space Station's Room with a View

Artist's concept of Cupola mounted on the International Space Station.

The dome-shaped module might be called the ultimate observation deck.

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Completing Japan's "Hope"

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.
Kennedy's Space Station Team

Many International Space Station elements wouldn't get off the ground without hundreds of dedicated people.
Space Station Processing Facility

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Space Station Processing Facility

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Featured Multimedia

Introducing Tranquility

Inside the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, members of the media got an opportunity to see the newest module of the International Space Station, the Tranqui...
Tranquility Arrives

In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an overhead crane lowers the Tranquility module, or Node 3, toward a work stand. The module will be delivered to the...
Payload Delivered

At Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the canister containing the payload for space shuttle Endeavour’s STS-127 mission is prepared for its lift into the Payload Changeout Room ...