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60:. The Structural Test Article was built to facilitate testing of ISS hardware and was intended to become Node 1. However, during construction, structural design flaws were discovered. The under-construction Node 2 was renamed Node 1 and the STA (ex-Node 1) was put into storage at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC).
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141:References
63:Since the
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582:PK-3 Plus
567:ISS-CREAM
496:Canadarm2
92:space tug
795:Category
693:hardware
666:Proposed
587:SAGE III
412:Leonardo
377:Columbus
300:Orbiting
129:See also
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73:Delta IV
765:Related
647:Planned
535:devices
421:airlock
398:Harmony
391:Destiny
338:Rassvet
331:Prichal
168:4 March
121:to the
69:Atlas V
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609:Former
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520:cranes
518:Strela
501:Dextre
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32:Node 4
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678:XBASE
616:Major
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547:CALET
434:Unity
419:Quest
345:Zarya
324:Poisk
317:Nauka
626:Pirs
572:MAXI
562:HDEV
557:GEDI
552:CATS
405:Kibō
371:BEAM
170:2011
112:MPLM
48:NASA
104:SLS
88:ISS
71:or
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