A team of astronauts have attached a $1bn (£500m) Japanese laboratory to the International Space Station (ISS).
The 16-tonne Kibo lab was delivered by the shuttle Discovery. It will be the station's biggest room, for the study of biomedicine and material sciences.
Astronauts Akihiko Hoshide and Karen Nyberg manoeuvred Kibo into place, using the space station's robotic arm.
The lab was anchored after two crew members had made preparations during a spacewalk lasting more than six hours.
Pad damage
The Kibo Japanese Pressurised Module (JPM) is the size of a school bus and joins the US Destiny lab and the European Columbus lab already attached to the platform.
Meanwhile, Nasa is investigating the greater than usual damage caused to Discovery's launch pad during lift-off on Saturday from the Kennedy Space Center.
A large section of the flame pit broke away, sending heat-resistant bricks flying as far as 1,800ft (550m).
Research Coorperation in Space Lab is expected to produce new something for people in the world.
Source: BBC NEWS
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