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Old 02-07-2009, 07:54 AM
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ISS gets a front porch!

STS-127 is on track to launch July 11th. It is taking a Japanese module to the International Space Station which will have an external platform to perform experiments.

It will be in orbit 40 years to the day of Apollo 11 launch and landing:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sh...ain/index.html

And NASA is counting down to the last Space Shuttle mission next year; STS-134:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sh...ountdowns.html
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