Astronaut Don Pettit unpacks and gathers research hardware

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iss072e188539 (Nov. 15, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit unpacks and gathers research hardware to be placed outside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module. The scientific gear known as MISSE, or Materials International Space Station Experiment, places a variety of materials in the vacuum of space exposing them to the extreme thermal environment, different types of radiation, micrometeoroids, and more to promote the space industry.

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