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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Pressurized Mating Adapter-2 (PMA-2) is processed in KSC's Space Station Processing Facility. This PMA is a cone-shaped connector to Node 1, the space station's structural building block. The node and two PMAs will together make up the first U.S. element of the ISS and are scheduled to be launched aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-88.