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Science 19 January 2001:
Vol. 291. no. 5503, pp. 414 - 415
DOI: 10.1126/science.291.5503.414b
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SPACE STATION:
U.S. Module to Offer Long-Term Lab Space

Andrew Lawler

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA--After 17 years of planning, dozens of reviews and redesigns, and billions of dollars, the U.S. scientific centerpiece of the international space station is ready to open its hatches for business. Called Destiny, the 8.5-meter-long aluminum vessel is scheduled for launch next month from Kennedy Space Center here. But putting the laboratory module into orbit is only the first step in a long and difficult road toward making the space station a scientifically credible venture.

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