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Harmony's big move

The station's new Harmony module is detached from the Unity hub and moved to its permanent location on the Destiny lab.

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Delta 4-Heavy launch

The first operational Delta 4-Heavy rocket launches the final Defense Support Program missile warning satellite for the Air Force.

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Columbus readied

The European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory module moves to pad 39A and placed aboard shuttle Atlantis for launch.

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Station port moved

The station crew uses the robot arm to detach the main shuttle docking port and mount it to the new Harmony module Nov. 12.

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Atlantis rolls out

Space shuttle Atlantis rolls from the Vehicle Assembly Building to pad 39A for its December launch with the Columbus module.

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Atlantis goes vertical

Atlantis is hoisted upright and maneuvered into position for attachment to the external tank and boosters.

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Space station EVA

This Expedition 16 status briefing recaps the Nov. 9 spacewalk that prepared the station's shuttle docking port for relocation to the new Harmony module.

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STS-120 landing

Discovery returns home to the Florida spaceport after its two-week mission.

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Day 15 highlights

Video highlights from Discovery's final full day in space for STS-120.

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Day 14 highlights

Flight Day 14 was undocking day as Discovery departed the station to begin the journey toward home.

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Day 13 highlights

The shuttle Discovery astronauts say goodbye to their space station crewmates on Flight Day 13 of the STS-120 mission.

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Day 12 highlights

Spacewalking astronauts come to the rescue and repair the station's damaged solar array. Highlights are packed in the Flight Day 12 movie.

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STS-120 SRB cameras

Spectacular footage from six cameras mounted on shuttle Discovery's solid rocket boosters.

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Spacewalkers connect power, cooling for module
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: November 20, 2007

Space station commander Peggy Whitson and Dan Tani began repressurizing the Quest airlock module at 12:26 p.m. today to officially close out a successful seven-hour 16-minute spacewalk. The astronauts connected one of two ammonia coolant loops between the station's main power truss and the new Harmony module, completed more than a dozen electrical connections and performed several "get-ahead" tasks before calling it a day.

Once back in the airlock, the spacewalkers went through a routine decontamination procedure to remove any possible ammonia from their spacesuits before re-entering the space station.

Whitson and Tani plan another spacewalk Saturday to connect the loop B coolant loop and to make additional power connections to ready Harmony for attachment of a European research module scheduled for launch Dec. 6 aboard the shuttle Atlantis.

While today's spacewalk was underway, the Atlantis astronauts strapped in for a dress-rehearsal countdown at the Kennedy Space Center, a traditional milestone on the road to launch. But the Atlantis crew will not receive final clearance to take off until the station astronauts complete their work to prepare Harmony for the arrival of the Columbus module.

"While we've got a break in comm here, it looks like we're at the end of a pretty successful EVA," Tani radioed. "I'd really like to express thanks to (our trainers), a first-class operation all the way and man, we couldn't have been this successful without all you guys. ... Thanks very much and everybody have a great Thanksgiving. It's been a pleasure working with all of you."

"Thanks very much," astronaut Tom Marshburn replied from mission control. "You have a lot of smiling faces down here. Thanks for the great work."

"You've got three of them up here, too," Tani said. "The plan was excellent and the preparation was fantastic. It's been three months or so since we've run this in the pool, it was a great refresher, everybody did a fantastic job working over the weekend and unfortunately for all of you guys who will be working over the holidays. But hopefully we'll get this thing activated."

"Yep, that will be good," Whitson agreed. "I'd like to reiterate thanks to all the folks who worked so much getting this plan together, the thermal guys also had to do a lot of work to figure out how to make all this happen in such a short period of time. We appreciate everyone's help, but especially our EVA team has been phenomenal."

Added Tani: "I'd better thank my wife for keeping the home front stable so I can concentrate on work up here. She's fantastic and I love her very much. So thanks, Jane."