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The first system rack for the U.S. laboratory module for the International Space Station is installed recently as Boeing technicians at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, make final connections at the bottom. The rack, about the size of a closet and weighing almost 1,200 pounds, is the first of two which will supply electrical power to the scientific racks inside the laboratory module. Clearly visible above the rack is one of the four "stand-off" structures inside the lab which provide the electrical connections, data management systems, cabling for air conditioning ducts, thermal control tubes and other systems for the space station’s racks. When the laboratory module is in orbit, it will have a total of 24 racks, 13 of those containing science experiments. The other 11 racks will provide power, temperature and humidity control, air revitalization and other support systems for the science racks.