En Route to Station Alpha Sat. A full Moon highlights the colorful plume left behind by Atlantis' sunset launch on Feb. 7, 2001. Shuttle Atlantis and five American astronauts thundered away from Kennedy Space Center Wednesday, heading off on a vital mission to lay the scientific cornerstone of NASA s International Space Station.
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And then we ll get straight to work. The Destiny lab also will provide electrical power, cooling, carbon dioxide removal and oxygen generation for European and Japanese research facilities still to be added to the outpost. Those other labs, consequently, all will depend upon Destiny. What s more, the U.S. lab must be put in place before NASA and its international partners can continue further construction of the outpost, which eventually will include five additional science labs and an American-made dormitory module. That s our cornerstone contribution to the project.