Harmony

 2007-050

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Node 2

Built by Alenia/Torino. The Boeing Node pressure test article would have been Node 2, prior to a replanning decision in 1997. Alenia is under contract to ASI, which is under contract to ESA, which is providing Node 2 and 3 to NASA in exchange for the launch of COF. The nodes will be delivered directly to NASA from ASI.

Node 2 is 7.19m long 4.48m dia. Mass will be 14200 kg (as of Apr 2001) Mass is 13405 kg (Aug 2006).

Node 2 will attach to the +Vbar, with PMA-2 leading, Columbus and JEM on port and stbd, and ELM-PS, then CAM, at zenith. Nadir will be used for MPLM and HTV.

On STS-120, Node 2 gets added to Unity nadir; then PMA-2 is removed from Destiny and attached to Node 2. Node 2 is then removed from Unity nadir and reattached to Destiny.