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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Members of the STS-116 crew examine components of the mission payload at SPACEHAB in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Clockwise from lower left (in their blue uniforms) around the table are Mission Specialist Christer Fuglesang , Pilot William Oefelein, and Mission Specialists Joan Higginbotham, Nicholas Patrick and Sunita Williams. At far left is Robert Curbeam. The Swedish Fuglesang represents the European Space Agency. On the table is a stowage bag. Next to Patrick at right is astronaut Marsha Ivins, currently assigned to the Astronaut Office, Space Station/Shuttle Branches for crew equipment, habitability and stowage. Mission crews make frequent trips to the Space Coast to become familiar with the equipment and payloads they will be using. STS-116 will be mission number 20 to the International Space Station and construction flight 12A.1. The mission payload is the SPACEHAB module, the P5 integrated truss structure and other key components. Launch is scheduled for no earlier than Dec. 7. Photo credit: NASA/George Shelton