In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a technician works on the Permanent Multipurpose Module, or PMM, headed to the International Space Station. The PMM will be used to carry supplies and critical spare parts to the station.
In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a technician works on the Permanent Multipurpose Module, or PMM, headed to the International Space Station.
The PMM will be used to carry supplies and critical spare parts to the station. The module will be left behind so it can be used for microgravity experiments in fluid physics, materials science, biology and biotechnology.
Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller
July 21, 2010