The American-made Unity module was carried into orbit as the primary cargo of STS-88 on the space shuttle Endeavour. The module was mated with the previously-launched Russian-made Zarya module on ...

Unity is made of aluminum and is cylindrical in shape, with six berthing locations facilitating connections to other modules. It measures 15 feet in diameter and is 17.9 feet long (see NASA photo at ...

Astronautsfirst installed the module to Unity's Earth-facing berth in October 2000 duringNASA's STS-92 mission, after which it served shuttle docking port. But in March2001, ...

NASA plans to move a piece of the International Space Station Wednesday (May 27) to make it easier for commercial crewed vehicles to dock there, and you can watch the off-Earth action live.

NASA plans to move a piece of the International Space Station Wednesday (May 27) to make it easier for commercial crewed vehicles to dock there, and you can watch the off-Earth action live.