Editing Destiny (ISS module) (section)

== Laboratory structure ==
<!--[[Image:Helms.window.jpg|thumb|Astronaut [[Susan J. Helms]], [[Expedition 2|Expedition Two]] flight engineer, views the Earth from the ''Destiny'' module window.]]-->
[[Image:Destiny_as_just_installed.jpg|thumb|The ''Destiny'' laboratory as it looked following installation in 2001.]]
[[File:ISS-40 Space Station while the crew is asleep.jpg|thumb|Interior view of the US lab with the lights turned off, i.e. while the crew sleeps]]
The U.S. laboratory module is {{convert|28|ft|m}} long and {{convert|14|ft|m}} wide.<ref name="boeing"/><ref name="lab"/> It is made from aluminum and stainless steel, and comprises three cylindrical sections and two endcones that contain the hatch openings through which astronauts enter and exit the module.<ref name="boeing"/> The aft port of ''Destiny'' is connected to the forward port of [[Unity (ISS module)|Unity]], and the forward port of ''Destiny'' is connected to the aft port of ''[[Harmony (ISS module)|Harmony]]''. The ends are colored blue and white respectively for the crew to navigate easily.<ref name="pma3"/><ref name="cbm">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/iss_reports/reports2007/11-14-2007.htm |title=ISS On-Orbit Status 11/14/07 |access-date=October 7, 2008 |publisher=NASA |year=2007 |author=NASA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307232009/http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/iss_reports/reports2007/11-14-2007.htm |archive-date=March 7, 2008 }}</ref> A {{convert|20|in|mm|adj=on}}-diameter window is located on one side of the center module segment.<ref name="lab"/>

Each of the two berthing ports on ''Destiny'' contains a hatch.<ref name="lab"/> Both hatches are normally open, and remain open unless a situation arises requiring a module to be isolated. Each hatch has a window. The hatches can be opened or closed from either side. The hatches have a pressure interlock feature, which prevents the hatch from being opened if there is a negative pressure across the hatch (higher pressure on the outside of the hatch). The hatch openings are a square-like six sided shape - which is associated to that module.

''Destiny'' has a {{convert|20|in|mm|adj=on}} optically pure, telescope-quality glass window located in an open rack bay used primarily for Earth science observations.<ref name="boeing"/><ref name="lab"/><ref name="spaceandtech"/> Station crewmembers use very high quality video and still cameras at the window to record Earth's changing landscapes. A window shutter protects the window from potential micrometeoroid and orbital debris strikes during the life of the ISS. The crew manually opens the shutter to use the window.

Imagery captured from ''Destiny''{{'}}s window has given geologists and meteorologists the chance to study floods, avalanches, fires and ocean events such as plankton blooms in a way never seen before, as well as given international scientists the opportunity to study features such as glaciers, coral reefs, urban growth and wild fires.<ref name="lab"/>

===Specifications===
[[Image:Astronauts Joan Higginbotham (STS-116) and Sunita Williams (Expedition 14) on the International Space Station.jpg|thumb|[[Joan E. Higginbotham]] and [[Sunita L. Williams]] work the controls of the [[Space Station Remote Manipulator System]] in the ''Destiny'' laboratory.]]

*Length: {{convert|8.53|m}}
*Diameter: {{convert|4.27|m}}
*Mass: {{convert|14520|kg}}
*Pressurized Volume: {{convert|106|m3}}