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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Members of the STS-116 and STS-118 crews pause during their visit to KSC for a photo. From left are STS-118 Pilot Charles Hobaugh and Mission Specialist Dafydd Williams (Canadian Space Agency); astronaut Peggy Whitson; STS-116 Mission Specialist Christer Fugelsang (European Space Agency), holding the paper figure of “Flat Stanley,” an education tool; STS-118 Mission Specialists Barbara Morgan and Scott Parazynski; and STS-116 Mission Specialist Robert Curbeam. The crews are taking part in equipment familiarization in the Space Station Processing Facility. The STS-116 mission will deliver the third port truss segment, the P5 Truss, to attach to the second port truss segment, the P3/P4 Truss. The STS-118 mission will be delivering and installing the third starboard truss segment, the ITS S5, to the International Space Station, and carry a SPACEHAB Single Cargo Module with supplies and equipment. Launch dates for both missions are under review.