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Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Space missions become more challenging

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- NASA says it is about to board on a series of space flights as hard as any in history in order to complete the International Space Station.

'The flights ahead will be the most complex and challenging we've ever carried out for construction of the International Space Station in orbit,' said Mike Suffredini, NASA station program manager. 'The station literally becomes a new spacecraft with each assembly mission, and that would be true starting this year with vivid changes in its cooling and power systems, habitable volume, operation capability as well as its appearance.'

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