KSC-00pp1606
In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-98 Mission Specialist Thomas Jones works on a part of the U.S. Lab, Destiny. Watching at right is Pilot Mark Polansky. Jones and Polansky, along with other crew members, are taking part in Crew Equipment Interface Test activities to become familiar with equipment they will be handling during the mission. Others in the crew are Commander Ken Cockrell and Mission Specialists Robert Curbeam and Marsha Ivins. The mission will be transporting the Lab to the International Space Station with five system racks already installed inside of the module. With delivery of electronics in the lab, electrically powered attitude control for Control Moment Gyroscopes will be activated. The STS-98 launch is scheduled for Jan. 18, 2001
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KSC-00pp1606
Date Created
October 23, 2000
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
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