U.S. launches its first ISS component, Unity
12/04/1998 AD launched
Unity is sent into orbit as the primary cargo of the Space Shuttle Endeavour (mission STS-88), the first Space Shuttle mission dedicated to assembly of the station.
On 6 December 1998, the STS-88 crew mated the aft berthing port of Unity with the forward hatch of the already orbiting Zarya module.
The Unity connecting module, also known as Node 1, is the first U.S.-built component of the International Space Station (ISS). It connects the Russian and United States segments of the station, and is where crew eat meals together.
The module is cylindrical in shape, with six berthing locations (forward, aft, port, starboard, zenith, and nadir) facilitating connections to other modules. Unity measures 4.57 m (15.0 ft) in diameter, is 5.47 m (17.9 ft) long, made of steel, and was built for NASA by Boeing in a manufacturing facility at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Unity is the first of the three connecting modules; the other two are Harmony and Tranquility.
Lattitude: 28.5241° N
Longitude: 80.6508° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
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