Exposed trusses are exceptional architectural elements, at once structural -- they hold up the roof -- while modulating a space to give it scale and rhythm.

Entrepreneur giving space shuttle truss new uses Date: May 14, 2013 Source: NASA Summary: A truss design devised to help workers process space shuttles continues to find new uses as a space ...

Discovery astronauts completed the first major task of their mission Tuesday, successfully installing the 2-ton P5 truss on the International Space Station’s main backbone during a six-hour ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Oct. 14 -- The Discovery astronauts recovered from a potentially crippling short circuit today and installed a nine-ton structural truss on the spine of the International Space ...

The S1 truss segment also will house communications systems, external experiment positions and other subsystems. Primarily constructed of aluminum, the truss segment is 45 feet long, 15 feet wide ...

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