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PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, December 4, 2008 Source: Marshall Space Flight Center - Comments Today, a new multi-user materials science laboratory began its journey to the International Space Station, leaving NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., for NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for final flight preparations. The Materials Science Research Rack or MSRR will allow for study of a variety of materials - including metals, ceramics, semiconductor crystals and glasses - onboard the orbiting laboratory. It is scheduled to fly aboard space shuttle Atlantis on STS 128 planned for launch in July 2009. Upon arrival at the space station, the research rack will be housed in the U. S. Destiny Laboratory Module. "Materials science is an integral part of development of new materials for our everyday life,"... [read full story]
