Two US astronauts from the shuttle Discovery have completed a space walk in which a new room was added to the International Space Station (ISS).Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock took six hours to steer the 14-ton module from Discovery’s cargo bay on a robotic arm and put it in a temporary position.

Five spacewalks are planned to fit the “Harmony” unit to the space station.

Harmony gives ISS crews 18% more room and is the first expansion of living and working space since 2001.

It will provide a passageway between three science laboratories: the existing US Destiny lab; the European Space Agency’s Columbus module; and the Japanese Kibo experimental units.

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