NASA Preparing To Launch Russian ISS Module on Shuttle Discovery

Credit: SPACEHAB
The last scheduled flight of the space shuttle Discovery will carry a pressurized Russian module to help set up the International Space Station for operations without NASA’s fleet of reusable orbiters. Planning for the flight, which probably will include Russian use of a commercial facility at Cape...

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