The U.S. Harmony module was successfully delivered to the International Space Station today during a tricky crane operation that involved flipping the 15.5 ton node after hoisting it out of shuttle Discovery's cargo bay.
Discovery mission specialist Stephanie Wilson and station flight engineer Dan Tani pulled off the important assembly work from inside the U.S. Destiny science lab. They got an assist from spacewalkers Scott Parazynski and Douglas Wheelock, who prepped the Harmony module for the hoist.
Click to enlarge and save the series of NASA TV screen grabs. They show the Harmony module being lifted out of the shuttle's cargo bay and then flipped so it could be maneuvered to a berthing port on the side of the U.S. Unity module.
The whole process took about six hours to complete:
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