The United States, however, is providing the lion's share of funding, including paying for the Zarya module. But despite its critics, multiple delays, and continued cost overruns, the project survives. Discovery delivers integrated truss structure, other components, and crew begins truss construction. Atlantis delivers thermal radiator solar arrays and another truss segment. From this point on, the station will be permanently inhabited.
Discovery delivers supplies.
Italian multipurpose logistics module Leonardo and Canadian-built mechanical arm delivered by Atlantis added to station. Japanese and the European Space Agency labs, centrifuge module for experiments requiring gravity, and U.S.-built habitation module for crew of seven added. Dubbed CNAV, for College NAVigation, the system allows access to transcripts, bills, and other information, and also acts like a computer matchmaking service that automatically links a student's interests with courses and extracurricular events. 70 percent of the students use it at least weekly, according to Redman. Now parents can request their own CNAV account to access their children's records, though students have the ultimate say in how much information they allow their parents to see by checking off a number of options, including grades and bookstore bills.