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Article Images  Nespoli focuses on complex mission  Italian ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli during training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.  Node 2 Flight Unit Primary Structure (June 2001)
Node 2 controls and distributes resources from the Truss structure and the US laboratory Destiny to the connected elements; European Columbus Laboratory, Japanese Experiment Module (Kibo), Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and H II Transfer Vehicle. It also provides a working base point for the Space Station Remote Manipulator System.  A view of the International Space Station (ISS) following the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission during which the P5 truss section was added, the Station's electrical supply was rewired and the P6 solar array was retracted. This image was taken shortly after Space Shuttle Discovery undocked at 23:10 CET (22:10 UT) on 19 December 2006.  Europe's laboratory on the International Space Station Release date: 28 August 2007 |