Editing Destiny (ISS module) (section)

{{Short description|Primary US ISS module}}
{{See also|Scientific research on the ISS}}
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{{Infobox space station module
 | module                 = ''Destiny''
 | module_image           = ISS Destiny Lab.jpg
 | module_image_size      = 300px
 | module_image_caption   = The ''Destiny'' Laboratory Module (NASA) being installed on the [[International Space Station]].
 | launch                 = 7 February 2001
 | launch_vehicle         = {{ov|104}} ([[STS-98]])
 | berthed                 = 10 February 2001
 | undocked               =
 | reentry                = 
 | mass                   = {{cvt|14515|kg}}
 | length                 = {{cvt|8.5|m}}
 | width                  = 
 | height                 = 
 | diameter               = {{cvt|4.3|m}}
 | volume                 = {{convert|3700|cuft|m3|order=flip|sigfig=5|abbr=on}}
 | stats_ref              = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/destiny.html#.UugMQnmCo1F|title=Destiny Laboratory &#124; NASA|date=20 September 2018|access-date=28 January 2014|archive-date=9 July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709153924/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/destiny.html#.UugMQnmCo1F|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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The '''''Destiny''''' module, also known as the '''U.S. Lab''', is the primary operating facility for [[United States|U.S.]] research payloads aboard the [[International Space Station]] (ISS).<ref name="boeing">{{Cite web|url=http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/spacestation/components/us_laboratory.html|title=Destiny Laboratory Module|access-date=October 7, 2008|publisher=[[Boeing]]|year=2008|author=Boeing}}</ref><ref name="lab">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/destiny.html|title=U.S. Destiny Laboratory|access-date=October 7, 2008|publisher=NASA|year=2003|author=NASA|archive-date=July 9, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709153924/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/destiny.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was berthed to the forward port of the ''[[Unity (ISS module)|Unity]]'' module and activated over a period of five days in February, 2001.<ref name="sts-98">{{Cite web|url=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-98/mission-sts-98.html|title=STS-98|access-date=October 7, 2008|publisher=NASA|year=2001|author=NASA|archive-date=August 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830041616/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-98/mission-sts-98.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Destiny'' is [[NASA]]'s first permanent operating orbital research station since [[Skylab]] was vacated in February 1974.

The [[Boeing Company]] began construction of the {{Convert|14515|kg|adj=on}} research laboratory in 1995 at the [[Michoud Assembly Facility]] and then the [[Marshall Space Flight Center]] in [[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]], Alabama.<ref name="boeing"/> ''Destiny'' was shipped to the [[Kennedy Space Center]] in [[Florida]] in 1998, and was turned over to NASA for pre-launch preparations in August 2000. It launched on February 7, 2001 aboard the {{OV|104}} on [[STS-98]].<ref name="sts-98"/>

Astronauts work inside the pressurized facility to conduct research in numerous scientific fields. Scientists throughout the world would use the results to enhance their studies in medicine, engineering, biotechnology, physics, materials science, and Earth science.<ref name="lab"/>