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James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/483-5111)
Bruce Buckingham
Kennedy Space Center
(Phone: 321/867-2468)
RELEASE 02-236
The two pieces are too large to be shipped together, but they
will be joined together prior to launch. The S6 shipments
mean virtually all the U.S. core structure of the Station has
left the factory and is either in orbit or being readied for
launch. Only one major Station core component awaits
shipment. The second connecting module, Node 2, is completing
construction in Italy.
The S6 will include the fourth and final set of Station solar
arrays, batteries and electronics. The truss IEA and Long
Spacer have been in Houston for about a year undergoing final
construction. The segment began as a qualification article
for other truss segments before being renovated to flight
status. It will spend a little over a year in KSC's Space
Station Processing Facility being readied for launch.
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