Photo: "Lexus" of Space Station Labs Slated for Launch

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An image shows how the Kibo lab, or Japanese Experiment Module, will look when complete.

Three flights will be needed to put together the ambitious, $1 billion facility. The Exposed Logistics Module-Pressurized Section went up in March 2008. The Pressurized Module and the Remote Manipulator System are slated for launch in May 2008. And the Exposed Facility for outdoor experiments and a smaller robot arm are planned to complete the lab sometime next year.

Image courtesy NASA

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