Integration For Endeavor Part Of Boeing’s Mission

A Boeing [NYSE: BA] International Space Station (ISS) team performed the complex task of integrating Canada’s Dextre robotic device and a segment of Japan’s Kibo laboratory ahead of their launch aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. Kibo, a contribution to the ISS from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), will increase the station’s research capability in a variety of disciplines. Dextre will work with the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm to perform delicate tasks. The segment of Kibo being delivered on this mission is the Japanese Experiment Logistics Module Pressurized Section, the smaller of Kibo’s two pressurized modules. The Dextre robotic device—the final element of the ISS Mobile Servicing System—will work with the station’s robotic arm to install the pressurized module and other Kibo components. The space shuttle’s 50-foot Orbital Boom Sensor System (OBSS) will be stowed on the ISS during the 16-day mission to make room in Space Shuttle Discovery‘s payload bay for more Kibo components to be delivered during STS-124 in May. Boeing built and designed the On-Orbit Support equipment that will allow the stowage of the OBSS. Boeing is responsible for ensuring the successful integration of new hardware on the ISS. The company worked together with the Japanese and Canadian teams to test the components—St. Louis, Missouri