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WATCH: NASA releases 4K timelapse of space station move

Watch the video above: The crew on the International Space Station moved a module while travelling around 25,000 km/h.

TORONTO – It’s a moving job like no other — at more than 25,000 km/h.

On May 27, the crew of the International Space Station used the Canadarm to move the Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) from the Earth-facing port of the Unity module to the forward port on the Tranquility module.

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The move is in preparation for American-made commercial crew and cargo vehicles being built by SpaceX and Boeing.

The Unity port will become the spare berthing location for American cargo vehicles. At the moment the Harmony space-facing port is the spare. In the future both the space-facing port and the Earth-facing port of Harmony will be used for the new commercial crew spacecraft.

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At the moment, the U.S. relies solely on Russian spacecraft to get crew to and from the space station.

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