Editing Harmony (ISS module) (section)

{{Short description|American module of the International Space Station}}
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{{Infobox space station module
| spelling               = us
| module                 = ''Harmony'' 
| module_image           = Node 2 - STS-134.jpg
| module_image_caption   = ''Harmony'' shown connected to ''[[Columbus (ISS module)|Columbus]]'', ''[[Kibō (ISS module)|Kibō]]'', and ''[[Destiny (ISS module)|Destiny]]''. [[Pressurized Mating Adapter|PMA-2]] faces towards the camera. The [[nadir]] and [[zenith]] locations are open.
| station                = [[International Space Station]]
| launch                 = 23 October 2007, 15:38:19{{nbsp}}[[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]<ref name="Launch Log">{{cite web|url=https://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt|title=Launch Log |publisher=Jonathan's Space Report|access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref>
| launch_vehicle         = {{OV|103}}
| berthed                = 26 October 2007 ([[Destiny (ISS module)|''Destiny'']]&nbsp;forward)
| mass                   = {{cvt|14300|kg}}
| length                 = {{cvt|7.2|m}}
| width                  = 
| height                 = 
| diameter               = {{cvt|4.4|m}}
| volume                 = {{cvt|70|m3}}
| stats_ref              = <ref name="NASA_harmony">{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/harmony|title=Harmony module|date=14 November 2018 |publisher=NASA|access-date=30 January 2021}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
| configuration_image    = Harmony detail.jpg
| configuration_caption  = Graphic showing the six CBMs on ''Harmony''
}}

'''''Harmony''''', also known as '''''Node 2''''', is the "utility hub" of the [[International Space Station]]. It connects the laboratory modules of the [[United States]], [[Europe]] and [[Japan]], as well as providing electrical power and electronic data. Sleeping cabins for four of the crew are housed here.<ref>{{cite AV media|people=Sunita Williams (presenter), Corrado Mazzola (project manager)|title=Station Tour: Harmony, Tranquility, Unity|medium=video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukws3oLMDc8|date=19 May 2005|access-date=30 January 2021|time=0.06-0.35|publisher=NASA|quote=So this is Node 2 ... this is where four out of six of us sleep.}}</ref>

''Harmony'' was successfully launched into space aboard [[Space Shuttle]] flight [[STS-120]] on 23 October 2007.<ref name="launch">{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts120/news/STS-120-01.html|title=STS-120 MCC Status Report #01|publisher=NASA|date=October 23, 2007|access-date=30 January 2021|archive-date=28 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028131000/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts120/news/STS-120-01.html|url-status=dead}} {{PD-notice}}</ref><ref name="lat">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-24-sci-shuttle24-story.html|title=Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author=John Johnson Jr.|date=October 24, 2007|access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref> After temporarily being attached to the port side of the [[Unity (ISS module)|''Unity'' module]],<ref name="harmmate"/><ref name="room">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/26/science/26cnd-shuttle.html?hp|title=New Room Added to Space Station|access-date=October 26, 2007|newspaper=The New York Times|author=John Schwartz|date=October 26, 2007}}</ref> it was moved to its permanent location on the forward end of the [[Destiny (ISS module)|''Destiny'' module]] on 14 November 2007.<ref name="pma3">{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/pma3move.html|title=PMA-3 Relocation|access-date=September 28, 2007|publisher=NASA|year=2007|archive-date=12 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012235655/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/pma3move.html|url-status=dead}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> ''Harmony'' added {{cvt|70|m3||abbr=}} to the station's living volume, an increase of almost 20%, from {{cvt|420|m3}} to {{cvt|490|m3}}. Its successful installation meant that from [[NASA]]'s perspective, the station was considered to be "U.S. Core Complete".