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Unity Connecting Module

Unity serves as a passageway between Zarya and the Destiny Laboratory. It has 6 docking ports for other modules of the space station.

This shows the interior of the Unity's Node 1 connecting module during construction in the spring of 1997.

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 This illustration shows Unity's position in relation to the Zarya module.

One end of the Unity Module as it is being lifted out of the shuttle cargo bay.

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 Unity being held by the shuttle's robot arm prior to mating with Zarya.