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The view of shuttle Discovery's payload bay from inside the orbiter, with the iconic American flag at the rear. The huge cargo area is 15 feet (4.6 meters) wide and 60 feet (18 m) long. When ...
When the space ... cargo-carrying vessel. These last few shuttle missions are intended to stock up the space station as much as possible. [Inside and Out: The International Space Station ...
Space shuttle Discovery began a 13-day flight to the ... Inside the shuttle’s cargo bay is the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo, a pressurized “moving van” that will be temporarily ...
Discovery's astronauts tucked a cargo carrier back aboard the space shuttle Friday ... discarded equipment — into Discovery's payload bay. The job was supposed to be completed Thursday, but ...
Much of the shuttle’s storied history was written in Houston, home to NASA’s Johnson Space Center. But today, Discovery rests ...
151; -- Space Shuttle Discovery and seven astronauts ... crews will work to unpack the giant cargo module tucked inside the shuttle's payload bay. Among the items inside: a treadmill named after ...
Space Shuttle Discovery’s cargo includes the Italian-built logistics ... material is also installed in Discovery’s payload bay. The material will be used to test heat shield repair methods ...
Space shuttle Discovery pulled up and ... Monday evening’s action will involve lifting the huge cargo carrier out of Discovery’s payload bay, using a robot arm, and attaching it to the space ...
The new Lego Space Shuttle ... to support the Discovery orbiter, the Hubble Space Telescope, and a third that makes the satellite appear to float above the orbiter’s cargo bay.
Lego is including stands allowing the Discovery Space Shuttle and the Hubble Space Telescope to be displayed separately, and a third stand that can be mounted inside the spacecraft’s cargo bay ...
Discovery’s astronauts pulled a trash-filled cargo carrier off the international space ... shuttle crane operator, was relieved when he finally had the carrier latched down in Discovery’s ...