Destiny Laboratory Module
The Destiny Laboratory Module (NASA) being installed on the International Space Station.
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| NSSDC ID: | 2001-006B |
| Launch date: | 7 February 2001 |
| Launch vehicle: | Space Shuttle Atlantis |
| Docked: | 10 February 2001 |
| Mass: | 14,515 kilograms (32,000 lb) |
| Length: | 8.4 metres (28 ft) |
| Diameter: | 4.2 metres (14 ft) |
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The Destiny module is the primary operating facility for U.S. research payloads aboard the International Space Station (ISS). It was berthed to the Unity module and activated over a period of five days in February, 2001.Destiny is NASA's first permanent operating orbital research station since Skylab was vacated in February 1974.
The Boeing Company began construction of the 16 ton (14.5 tonne), state-of-the art research laboratory in 1995 at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.Destiny was shipped to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in 1998, and was turned over to NASA for pre-launch preparations in August 2000. It launched on February 7, 2001 aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-98.
Astronauts work inside the pressurized facility to conduct research in numerous scientific fields. Scientists throughout the world will use the results to enhance their studies in medicine, engineering, biotechnology, physics, materials science, and Earth science.
Destiny was launched to ISS aboard the Space Shuttle mission STS-98. It launched into Earth orbit on February 7, 2001 aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. On February 10, 2001 Destiny was attached to ISS with the Shuttle SRMSS (CanadaArm). Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 (PMA 2) was attached where Destiny would be, and PMA-2 was moved from Unity node to a temporary position on the truss.Destiny was berthed to that hatch on Unity, while PMA-2 was moved to the forward hatch of the Z1 truss; after that it was moved to the forward hatch of Destiny during that mission. (See also Pressurized Mating Adapter and Z1 Truss) Several years later, on November 14, 2007, Harmony module was attached to the forward end of the Destiny laboratory .
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