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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the 2004 class of astronaut candidates tour the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF). At left (back to camera) is Russell Romanella, deputy director of ISS and Payload Processing, who is talking about the program and the elements in the SSPF. The astronaut candidates are at KSC to participate in firefighting training and familiarization tours. The class of 14 candidates includes three candidates from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency as well as three educator astronauts, who were school teachers chosen from thousands of applicants.