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s88e5156 Stage 2 ISS Configuration for the following photos (Zarya & Node1)	9812a36 1998 Dec 15 06:06 pass. Stage 2 (Zarya + Node1) ISO 400 50 mm f1.4 with fast moving clouds
9904a26 1999 April 24th 21:22 EDT pass. Stage 2 (Zarya + Node1) ISO 800 50 mm f1.4 print film with 1/2 moon	9904a27 1999 April 24th 21:24 EDT pass. Stage 2 (Zarya + Node1) ISO 800 50 mm f1.4 print film with 1/2 moon

Stage3

zvezda.jpg Stage 3 ISS Configuration for the following photos (Zarya, Node1, Zvezda) (Artist conception)

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 Here's a look at what's going up, and when, during the
 upcoming station construction blitz:

 Sept. 8: Shuttle Atlantis will fly on a mission to outfit
 the inside of the station's Russian living quarters for the
 first resident crew of the outpost. A spacewalk also will
 be performed to electrically connect the so-called
 service module - dubbed "Zvezda," or "Star" by the
 Russians -- with the rest of the station.

 Sept. 28: NASA's Z-1 truss - the metal framework
 upon which power-producing U.S. solar arrays initially
 will be mounted - will be carried aloft by a crew aboard
 shuttle Discovery. A communications and television
 antenna also will launch on the flight along with a
 docking port that will provide a parking place for
 shuttles traveling to and from the outpost.

 Oct. 30: In training since 1996, the station's first
 resident crew finally will fly up to the outpost aboard a
 Russian Soyuz rocket and then open the station for
 business.
 Led by U.S. astronaut William Shepherd, the crew also
 includes Russian cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri
 Gidzenko. The trio will test fly the station and pitch in
 on critical construction jobs during a
 three-and-a-half-month stay at the station.

 Nov. 30: The station's first power-producing solar arrays
 will be ferried up to the outpost construction site by a
 joint U.S.-Canadian crew aboard shuttle Endeavour.
 Eventually, eight of the arrays - each of which will
 unfold like an accordion and measure 112 feet (35
 meters) in length - will generate enough electricity to
 power 55 houses on Earth.

 Jan. 18, 2001: A can-shaped U.S. laboratory that will
 serve as the hub of science research at the station will
 be launched aboard shuttle Atlantis. The 28-foot (8.5
 meter) aluminum module - named "Destiny" - will
 house floor-to-ceiling experiment racks for research in
 biotechnology, fluid physics, combustion and life
 sciences.

 Feb. 15, 2001: Chock full of equipment and supplies for
 the U.S. lab, the first of three Italian-made space
 station "moving vans" will rocket up to the outpost
 aboard shuttle Discovery. Named after Italian inventor
 and artist Leonardo da Vinci, the cargo carrier will be
 berthed to the station with the shuttle's 50-foot
 (15-meter) robot arm. Once unloaded, the so-called
 Multipurpose Logistics Module can be repacked with
 Earth-bound equipment and experiment samples for a
 return trip aboard the shuttle. A fresh station crew that
 includes Russian cosmonaut Yuri Usachev and two
 U.S. astronauts - Susan Helms and James Voss - will
 taxi up to the station aboard Discovery. Shepherd,
 Krikalev and Gidzenko will return to Earth aboard the
 shuttle.

 April 19, 2001: Raising a 480-ton station will require
 one of the most sophisticated construction cranes ever
 built, and the first parts of Canada's Space Station
 Remote Manipulator System will be carried up to the
 outpost aboard shuttle Endeavour. Considered critical
 to space station assembly, the robot arm is 56 feet (17
 meters) long and will be capable of moving end-over-end
 to different work sites at the growing outpost. Also
 flying aboard Endeavour: The second station "moving
 van." Dubbed Rafaello after Italian artist Rafaello
 Sanzio, the cylindrical van will haul U.S. lab equipment
 and supplies to the station.

 May 17, 2001: An airlock from which station crews can
 stage spacewalks to build and maintain the outpost will
 be launched aboard shuttle Atlantis. Both American
 and Russian spacesuits will be stored in the unit, which
 is similar to the type of decompression chambers used
 by scuba divers.

 June 21, 2001: The third and final Italian "moving van" -
 named Donatello after Italian sculptor Donato di Niccolo
 DI Betto Bardi, will truck up to the station aboard
 shuttle Discovery. Tucked into the 21-foot (6.4-meter)
 module - which can carry up to 9.1 metric tons of
 cargo - will be a host of U.S. stowage and experiment
 racks. The second resident crew - Usachev, Helms
 and Voss - will return to Earth aboard Discovery. Their
 replacements: U.S. astronaut Frank Culbertson and
 Russian cosmonauts Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail
 Turin.

 Aug. 23, 2001: A pallet that will serve as a spare parts
 warehouse will be rocketed up to the outpost aboard
 shuttle Endeavour. Mounted on the outside of the
 station airlock, the warehouse will provide easy access
 to replacement parts for spacewalking astronauts and
 cosmonauts performing routine maintenance chores at
 the outpost.