The high-fidelity mock-up of the International Space Station Destiny laboratory module was designed and built by SPACEHAB Corporation in October 2002. It was acquired by the Museum in 2006, in part through the generosity of SPACEHAB. The 20,000-pound (9,000-kg) mock-up contains 24 payload racks (in four six-bay rows) on the deck, port, starboard, and overhead sides, just like the module in orbit. The inch-and-a-half (3.8-cm) thick glass floor has been added to allow viewing of the deck racks.

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The high-fidelity mock-up of the International Space Station Destiny laboratory module was designed and built by SPACEHAB Corporation in October 2002. It was acquired by the Museum in 2006, in part through the generosity of SPACEHAB. The 20,000-pound (9,000-kg) mock-up contains 24 payload racks (in four six-bay rows) on the deck, port, starboard, and overhead sides, just like the module in orbit. The inch-and-a-half (3.8-cm) thick glass floor has been added to allow viewing of the deck racks.

This object is no longer on display.

<p>An Italian visitor said his physics professor was <strong>the first Italian astronaut</strong> and shared a story of his professor in the <strong>International Space Station (ISS)</strong>. One day, the ISS team announced they were having spaghetti for dinner, but the Italian astronaut refused to eat it, saying his mother was a phenomenal cook, so he just doesn’t eat most spaghetti. After his fellow astronauts begged him to try it, he admitted it was amazing and the team started to laugh—apparently NASA heard he was a picky eater and had his mother cook large batches of her spaghetti, which they freeze dried and sent to the ISS. The Italian astronaut was eating his<strong> mom’s home cooked spaghetti </strong>in <strong>outer space</strong>!</p>