Apr 08
Space Station Gets Hoarders Treatment
Posted in: NASA, science, space, Space Tech, Today's Chili
Astronauts aboard Space Shuttle mission STS-131 moved a cargo module from Discovery’s payload bay to the International Space Station Thursday morning, Space.com reports.
The new module, dubbed Leonardo, measures 21 feet long and 15 feet wide, and weighs a svelte 27,274 pounds when full of cargo. It lets astronauts begin transferring tons of supplies and other equipment–17,000 pounds of it–to and from the station over a planned nine-day mission.
Among the critical supplies to be transferred are new science equipment, extra supplies and spare parts. In turn, the ISS will offload broken equipment, trash, and other unnecessary crap to go back to Earth via the space shuttle.
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