20 ČVC. 2001
Datum vydání
11886
Zobrazení
Node 2 is a pressurised module which serves as a connecting passage between the European Columbus laboratory, the US laboratory Destiny and the Japanese laboratory Kibo.
Node 2 also provides a docking port for the discontinued Space Shuttle and the Japanese HII transfer vehicle, while it also served as an attachment point for the Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules. Node 2 is a working base point for the Space Station robotic arm, Canadarm 2.
Node 2 was developed for NASA under an ESA contract with European industry, with Alcatel-Alenia Space as the prime contractor. Responsibility for Node 2 development was assigned to the Italian space agency, ASI. The structural design is based on that of the Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules and the European Columbus laboratory.
NASA held a competition amongst schoolchildren in the United States to find a name for the Node 2 module. On 15 March 2007 the new name Harmony was announced.
Node 2, or Harmony, was launched in October 2007 on Space Shuttle flight STS-120 (ISS Assembly Flight 10A).
Node 2 specifications | |
|---|---|
Dimensions | |
Length | 6706 mm |
Diameter | 4480 mm |
Pressurised volume | 70 m3 |
Mass budget | |
Launch mass | 14 500 kg |
On orbit payload mass | 15 300 kg |
Esperia Mission
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