Seeing as the Harmony module is the first pressurized module (read: living space enlargement) added to the ISS since 2001, I can't blame them for being a little anxious to open the hatch. Everything else has been trusses and arrays.
I found it interesting that mold (fungi) was found living in the condensation. It means that despite the what I presume is a strict level of sterilization and sanitation for both Astronauts and equipment headed to the ISS, some spores still made it up and began to replicate in this one little area of opportunity.
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Seeing as the Harmony module is the first pressurized module (read: living space enlargement) added to the ISS since 2001, I can't blame them for being a little anxious to open the hatch. Everything else has been trusses and arrays.
I found it interesting that mold (fungi) was found living in the condensation. It means that despite the what I presume is a strict level of sterilization and sanitation for both Astronauts and equipment headed to the ISS, some spores still made it up and began to replicate in this one little area of opportunity.