Nov 12 2007
From The Space Library
In a procedure lasting 2 hours, ISS Commander Peggy A. Whitson and Flight Engineer Daniel M. Tani relocated the Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 (PMA-2) from the Destiny module to the Harmony module, using the station’s robotic arm, and tightened 16 motorized bolts, permanently attaching PMA-2 to Harmony. The maneuver was one of a series of critical relocations of parts of the ISS in preparation for the expansion of the space station.
Patrick Peterson, “Docking Port Relocated, Attached to Harmony,” Florida Today (Brevard, FL), 13 November 2007; Tariq Malik, “Space Station Astronauts Move Shuttle Docking Port,” Space.com, 12 November 2007, http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/071112-expedition16-dockingport-move.html (accessed 9 November 2010).
Russia and India signed an agreement in Moscow for India to participate in Russia’s 2011 Moon- Globe Program to design a spacecraft for lunar exploration. Under the terms of the agreement, Russia and India would jointly build a robotic laboratory, with India supplying the rocket and flight module and Russia developing and producing the landing module of a Moon rover and a scientific complex. The agreement allowed for joint lunar exploration through 2017.
Xinhua News Agency, “Russia, India To Develop Advanced Military Aircraft, 13 November 2007; Agence France-Presse, “Russia, India To Join in Moon Mission,” 12 November 2007.
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