Flight 7A: Airlock
American and Russians will be able to leave the station for spacewalks through the new joint airlock. Also arriving is the new high-pressure gas assembly to support spacewalk operations and augment the Service Module gas resuppy system.

Launch date: May 2001
Launch vehicle: Shuttle Atlantis (Shuttle Mission STS-104)
Launch complex: Kennedy Space Center


 




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