{"id":491,"date":"2009-11-08T05:18:08","date_gmt":"2009-11-08T05:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/?p=491"},"modified":"2009-11-08T05:18:08","modified_gmt":"2009-11-08T05:18:08","slug":"ceremony-reset-for-esa-handover-of-tranquility-to-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/space-station\/ceremony-reset-for-esa-handover-of-tranquility-to-nasa.php","title":{"rendered":"Ceremony Reset for ESA Handover of Tranquility to NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The transfer of ownership of the Tranquility node from the <span>European Space Agency<\/span>, or ESA, to <span>NASA <\/span>has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. EST, Friday, Nov. 20. <span>NASA's Kennedy Space Center <\/span>in Florida will host the commemorative ceremony at <a href=\"http:\/\/spacestation-shuttle.blogspot.com\/\"><span>NASA's Space Station<\/span><\/a> Processing Facility.<p>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 <span>station <\/span>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.<\/p><p>Tranquility is the last element of a barter agreement for station hardware. ESA contributed the node in exchange for <span>NASA<\/span>'s delivery of ESA's Columbus laboratory to the station. Thales Alenia Space in Turin, Italy, built the module.<\/p><p><span>NASA<\/span>, 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.<\/p><p> Reporters without permanent Kennedy credentials should submit a request online at: <\/p><\/div><p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.ksc.nasa.gov\/\">https:\/\/media.ksc.nasa.gov<\/a><\/p><div> 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 <span>space station<\/span>, visit: <\/div><p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station\">http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station<\/a> <\/p><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/76dfe_1205796008215741128-3196909349097469681?l=spacestation-shuttle.blogspot.com\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/space-station\/ceremony-reset-for-esa-handover-of-tranquility-to-nasa.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-station"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}