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Boeing technicians at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, work inside one end of the U.S. laboratory module for the International Space Station. Clearly visible, running horizontally, are the four "stand-off" structures for the lab. The stand-offs provide space for electrical connections, data management systems cabling for computers, air conditioning ducts, thermal control tubes and more, all of which support the space station’s racks. The aluminum laboratory module is 28 feet long, 14 feet wide and will be shipped to the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, this year to begin preparations for launch on a Space Shuttle in 1999.