The US space shuttle has made its final night launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Endeavour orbiter soared into the Florida sky on a 13-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
It is delivering a connecting node and a large window module in what will be one of the last ISS assembly flights. Endeavour’s mission is an important moment for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) contribution to the station project. Both the new modules were manufactured in Italy by Thales Alenia Space.
Node 3, also known as Tranquility, will house the station’s core life-support systems. It will also store a treadmill the crew must use regularly to exercise their bodies and maintain bone density. The Cupola is an observation tower that will be used to control robots working on the exterior of the platform.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8503690.stm
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