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MISSION BRIEFING: Making a Space Station Housecall


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VIRTUAL TOUR: Climb inside some of the first pieces of the station.

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Flight 2A.2A: Fix-up Mission
Astronauts repair and re-outfit the Russian Zarya propulsion module, which has been in orbit for 1 1/2 years, awaiting the arrival of the long-delayed Service Module. The shuttle crew, which includes two astronauts and a cosmonaut training to be the second live-aboard station crew, tend to Zarya's two failed batteries and install safety and communications gear.

Launch date: May 19, 2000
Launch vehicle: Shuttle Atlantis (Shuttle Mission STS-101)
Launch complex: Kennedy Space Center





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