xxi Table 2. (continued) ISS Assembly ID Launch Date Element Public Name, if applicable (English Translation) Launch Vehicle ID ULF-2 November 14, 2008 MPLM Leonardo STS-126 15A March 15, 2009 S6 Truss STS-119 2J/A July 15, 2009 Japanese Exposed Facility (JEM-EF) STS-127 17A August 28, 2009 MPLM Leonardo STS-128 5R November 10, 2009 Mini Research Module-2 (MRM-2) Poisk (“Explore”) Soyuz-U/Progress ULF-3 November 16, 2009 Expedite the Processing of Experiments to the Space Station (EXPRESS) External Logistics Carriers (ELC 1 & 2) STS-129 20A February 8, 2010 Node-3 and Cupola Tranquility (Node-3) STS-130 19A April 5, 2010 MPLM Leonardo STS-131 ULF-4 May 14, 2010 MRM-1 Rassvet (“Dawn” as in daybreak) STS-132 ULF-5 February 24, 2011 PMM (was Leonardo) ELC-4 STS-133 ULF-6 May 16, 2011 Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 3 STS-134 ULF-7 July 8, 2011 MPLM Raffaello STS-135 Commercial Resupply Services-8 April 8, 2016 Bigelow Expandable Activity Module SpaceX Falcon 9 3R August 2018 (scheduled) Multipurpose Laboratory Module with European Robotic Arm Nauka (“Science”) Proton 6R 2018 (scheduled) Node Module TBD Soyuz TBD TBD Science-Power Module TBD TBD arrays launched in 2000 (Chapter 9). These arrays provided power for the core systems in the early phase of the ISS. Since the truss was not yet completed, and to ensure that dynamic forces such as atmospheric drag worked uniformly on the ISS, the P6 was attached to the Z1 segment at the center of the structure. Later, when the truss had been extended, the arrays were retracted, P6 relocated to the end of the main truss, and the solar arrays were redeployed (see also Chapters 9 and 18). The Pressurized Mating Adapters (PMAs) numbers 2 and 3 that serve as docking ports have been moved multiple times. The Node 2 module was delivered to the space station on a shuttle flight and was initially installed on the port side of Node 1 because the orbiter was docked at the final installation location of Node 2 (PMA-2). After the orbiter undocked, PMA-2 was moved to the end of Node 2. The Node 2 plus PMA-2 combination was then moved from its temporary position on Node 1 to its final location at the front of the Laboratory module via the robotic arm (Chapter 15) before the next shuttle mission. Subsequent shuttle missions docked to the PMA that attached to Node 2 on the “front” of the space station. PMA-3 was moved to the Zenith port on Node-2 in March 2017 to support a second commercial crew docking port. An excellent video that shows the full assembly sequence, including this complicated dance, can be found at: https://archive.org/details/ ISSAssemblyAnimation-2011.