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Post by Enchant on Mar 14, 2007 8:08:14 GMT -5
Part of an elaborate Japanese science laboratory has arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of its liftoff for the International Space Station, officials said on Tuesday. The module is the second section of the lab named Kibo -- a Japanese word for "hope" -- to arrive at the launch site of the U.S. space shuttle fleet. NASA is devoting three shuttle missions to deliver and assemble the lab. Kibo includes a bus-sized pressurized module where astronauts can conduct microgravity, life science and engineering experiments, an exposed platform for experiments outside the station, storage vessels and a small robotic arm to tend to outside experiments without the need for a spacewalk. For Full article Click HERE
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