Editing Destiny (ISS module) (section)

==Equipment==
[[File:S122e007776 orig.jpg|thumb|left|[[Leland D. Melvin]] and [[STS-122]] mission specialists working on robotic equipment in the US lab]]

As with the European and Japanese laboratories of the station, payloads inside ''Destiny'' are configured around [[International Standard Payload Rack]]s (ISPRs), that can be removed or reconfigured for various experiments and equipment.<ref name="spaceandtech">{{Cite web|url=http://www.spaceandtech.com/spacedata/platforms/iss-destiny_sum.shtml|title=ISS Destiny (U.S. Laboratory Module)|access-date=October 7, 2008|publisher=Andrews Space & Technology|year=2001|author=Andrews Space & Technology|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906125708/http://www.spaceandtech.com/spacedata/platforms/iss-destiny_sum.shtml|archive-date=September 6, 2008}}</ref> Made out of a graphite composite shell, each rack weighs about {{convert|1200|lb}}, and is about {{convert|73|in}} high, and {{convert|42|in|mm}} wide.<ref name="spaceandtech"/> The eight rack bays are equipped with curtains that provide around {{convert|290|cuft|m3}} of temporary stowage space when not occupied by experiments.<ref name="spaceandtech"/>

''Destiny'' arrived at the station pre-configured with five racks housing electrical and [[life support system]]s that provide electrical power, cooling water, air revitalization, and temperature and humidity control. Seven additional racks were flown to ''Destiny'' in the [[Leonardo MPLM|''Leonardo'' Multi-Purpose Logistics Module]] by [[STS-102]], and ten more were delivered on subsequent missions. ''Destiny'' can hold up to 13 payload racks with experiments in human life science, materials research, Earth observations and commercial applications.<ref name="lab"/> The laboratory has a total of 24 racks inside the laboratory, six on each side.<ref name="boeing"/>

Internal to the laboratory are racks, rack stand-offs, and vestibule jumpers.<ref name="standoffs">{{Cite web|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/hardware/html/97_17425.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000304105332/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/hardware/html/97_17425.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2000|title=International Space Station Imagery - Standoffs|access-date=October 7, 2008|publisher=NASA|year=1997|author=NASA}}</ref> The lab racks house the system hardware in removable modular units. The stand-offs provide space for electrical connections, data management systems cabling for computers, air conditioning ducts, thermal control tubes and more, all of which support the space station's equipment racks.<ref name="standoffs"/> The racks interface to the piping and wiring in the standoff via outlets and ports located in the standoffs at the base end of each rack location.

Jumpers in the vestibule, the area between ''Unity'' and ''Destiny'', connect the piping and wiring between the two. Grounding straps between ''Unity'' and ''Destiny'' will be installed. One side of the grounding strap will be connected to the Active [[Common Berthing Mechanism]] (ACBM) on ''Unity'', while the other end will be connected to the Passive [[Common Berthing Mechanism]] (PCBM) on ''Destiny''.

Some of the mechanisms on ''Destiny'' are the CBMs (passive and active), hatches, and the laboratory window shutter. The ACBM is in the forward port of the laboratory. It is attached to the ''Harmony'' node.<ref name="cbm"/> The PCBM on ''Destiny'' is located in the laboratory's aft port. The ACBM in ''Unity's'' forward port is latched to the laboratory's PCBM to berth ''Destiny'' to ''Unity''.

===Science equipment===
[[File:ISS-56 Alexander Gerst works in the Destiny module (1).jpg|thumb|[[Alexander Gerst]] works in the ''Destiny'' module]]
''Destiny'' also contains the [[Minus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS]] (MELFI), transported to the Space Station on [[STS-121]].<ref name="melfi2">{{Cite web|url=http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/mission/miss.cfm?mis_index=228|title=STS-121|access-date=October 7, 2008|publisher=NASA|year=2008|author=NASA|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009071320/http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/mission/miss.cfm?mis_index=228|archive-date=October 9, 2008}}</ref> The freezer is used both to store samples and reagents on the station, and to transport them to and from the space station in a temperature controlled environment.<ref name="melfi">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/science/experiments/MELFI.html|title=Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI)|access-date=October 7, 2008|publisher=NASA|year=2008|author=NASA|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101210259/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/science/experiments/MELFI.html|archive-date=November 1, 2008}}</ref>

Currently installed at the main observation window of ''Destiny'' is the [[AgCam|Agricultural Camera]] (AgCam). It is a multi-spectral imaging system built and primarily operated by students and faculty at the [[University of North Dakota]]. Its purpose is to take frequent images, in visible and infrared light, of vegetated areas on the Earth and promises to deliver a greater effectiveness for in-season agriculture applications research and operational decision support than current satellite systems such as [[Landsat]].<ref name="agcam">{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/science/experiments/AgCam.html|title=Agricultural Camera (AgCam) factsheet|date=2009-02-27|access-date=2009-03-21|publisher=NASA|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404103423/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/science/experiments/AgCam.html|archive-date=2009-04-04}}</ref>