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...three are planned for this mission. Unlike a house, where most of the utilities run through walls, on the space station they run along the outside, and have to be connected by hand every time a new module is added. On this mission, shuttle astronauts Tom Jones and Robert Curbeam will have to make about 100 connections...
...place. Once that's done, she retrieves a docking port from where she previously parked it and puts it on Destiny's free end. Most of this she has to do without any direct line of sight, relying on video feeds and directions from spacewalkers Jones and Curbeam, who will have a better view...
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