STS-98 crew checks out the U.S. Lab Destiny in Atlantis' payload bay
  • Photo Number: KSC-01PP-0079

  • Release Date: 06-Jan-2001

    • Description: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- STS-98 Mission Specialist Marsha Ivins (center, pointing) checks out the U.S. Lab Destiny in the payload bay of the orbiter Atlantis. The crew is at KSC for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, which also include a simulated launch countdown. Destiny, a key element in the construction of the International Space Station, is a pressurized module designed to accommodate pressurized payloads. It has a capacity of 24 rack locations. Payload racks will occupy 13 locations especially designed to support experiments. The module already has five system racks installed inside. Launch of STS-98 on its 11-day mission is scheduled for Jan. 19 at 2:11 a.m. EST. (Photo Release Date: 06-Jan-2001 )

    Resolution Format Width
    (Pixels)    		 Height
    (Pixels)    		 Size
    (Bytes)
    Thumbnail GIF 100 68 7908
    Slide GIF 172 149 36929
    Low GIF 320 217 98963
    Medium JPEG 1024 693 166892
    High JPEG 2670 1808 917823

    Point of Contact

    Name: NASA Kennedy Space Center

    Address:

    KSC Public Affairs Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899
407/867-7819

    NIX Search KSC Search STS-98 IndexKSC-01PP-0080

    DISCLAIMER: No copyright protection is asserted for these photographs. If a recognizable person appears in this photograph, use for commercial purposes may infringe a right of privacy or publicity. It may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NASA of a commercial product. (See NASA Copyright Notice)



    Photos By: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (taken by Aerospace Imaging/Johnson Controls)
    Scanned By: Seven/Still Photo Imaging
    Captions: Information Dynamics, Inc (Kay Grinter, Anita Barrett, and Elaine Liston)
    Curator: NASA Internet Systems Lab (Dumoulin,Downs, Paladino)
    Last Updated: Wednesday April 16 15:11:04 EDT 2001 (J. Dumoulin)

    A service of NASA/Kennedy Space Center Public Affairs Office