Shuttle crew install main component of Japanese laboratory unit

Shuttle crew install main component of Japanese laboratory unit

HOUSTON, United States - The main component of Japan's Kibo space laboratory (R), taken out of the U.S. space shuttle Discovery, is installed to the International Space Station (L) on June 3. Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide played a major role in the installation of the core unit of the laboratory. (NASA television)

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