SPACE — On October 23, 2007, the space shuttle Discovery launched the Harmony module to the International Space Station (ISS). The Harmony module is a utility hub 14 feet wide and 24 feet long, or about the length of a minibus.
Harmony joins the European Space Agency’s Columbus module and Japan’s Kibo laboratory. It served as a residence for the American astronaut crew.
Once installed, the space station grew from the size of a three-bedroom house to a five-bedroom house.
When the astronauts sent Harmony to the space station, they left it temporarily attached to a Unity node. After the shuttle left, the astronauts used the space station’s robotic arm to move the shuttle’s docking port outside the Destiny module.
That makes room for Harmony to dock with the ISS, next to the Destiny module. That place later became his permanent home.
For your information, the ISS will deorbit no later than 2030 because it has run out of service life. All modules will be lowered to Earth so as not to increase the volume of space debris. Source: Space.com
2023-10-23 14:58:00
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