Ceremony Reset for ESA Handover of Tranquility to NASA

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The transfer of ownership of the
Tranquility node from the European Space Agency, or ESA, to NASA has been
rescheduled for 2 p.m. EST, Friday, Nov. 20. NASA's Kennedy Space Center in
Florida will host the commemorative ceremony at NASA's Space Station
Processing Facility.

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Tranquility is a pressurized module that will provide room for many of the
station's life support systems. Attached to the node is a cupola, a unique
work station with windows on its six sides and top. The module will be
delivered to the station during space shuttle Endeavour's STS-130 mission,
targeted for launch Feb. 4, 2010.

Tranquility is the last element of a barter agreement for station hardware.
ESA contributed the node in exchange for NASA's delivery of ESA's Columbus
laboratory to the station. Thales Alenia Space in Turin, Italy, built the
module.

NASA, ESA, Thales and Boeing managers involved in building and processing the
node for flight will be available for a question-and-answer session after the
ceremony. Journalists planning to attend must arrive at Kennedy's news center
by 1 p.m. Participants must be dressed in full-length pants, flat shoes that
entirely cover the feet, and shirts with sleeves.

Reporters without permanent Kennedy credentials should submit a request online
at:

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov

International media accreditation for this event is closed. U.S. reporters
must apply by 4:30 p.m., Nov. 17. For more information on the space station,
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

SOURCE NASA

Katherine Trinidad, Headquarters, Washington, +1-202-358-1100,
katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov, or Tracy Young, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.,
+1-321-867-2468, tracy.g.young@nasa.gov, both of NASA