At almost 20 years old, the International Space Station (ISS) might be showing its age these days — but that doesn’t mean it can’t have a few more tricks left up its sleeve.
NASA has officially completed installation of the new International Docking Adapter (IDA) on the ISS, which opens the space base up for all manner of new spacecraft to visit. Essentially, it means the ISS is now primed and ready for the private spaceflight revolution. The docking adapter was attached to the ISS’s second Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA-2) via spacewalk last week. The docking port was previously used for space shuttles (remember those?).
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