Editing Harmony (ISS module) (section)

== Construction agreement ==
In an agreement between [[NASA]] and the [[European Space Agency]], the company [[Thales Alenia Space]], built ''Harmony'' at its facility in [[Turin]], [[Italy]].<ref name="NASA"/> ''Harmony'' arrived on 1 June 2003 at the [[Kennedy Space Center]] in [[Florida]] after its flight in an [[Airbus Beluga]] oversize cargo vehicle. Following post transportation inspection, the [[Italian Space Agency]] (ASI) formally handed over ''Harmony''  to the [[European Space Agency]] (ESA). From there, ESA formally transferred ownership of ''Harmony'' to NASA on 18 June 2003, taking place in the [[Space Station Processing Facility]] (SSPF) of the Kennedy Space Center.<ref name="esa2">{{cite web|url=http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMBVOWO4HD_Life_0.html|title=European Node officially handed to NASA|access-date=September 28, 2007|publisher=ESA |year=2003}}</ref> The handover of ''Harmony'' completed a major element of the barter agreement, between ESA and NASA, that was signed in Turin, Italy on 8 October 1997.<ref name="esa2"/>

[[Paolo Nespoli]], an ESA astronaut born in [[Milan]], Italy, accompanied the ''Harmony'' module aboard [[STS-120]] as a mission specialist.