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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At SPACEHAB in Cape Canaveral, Fla., STS-116 crew members are dressed in "bunny suits" before going inside the SPACEHAB module. In front are Mission Specialists Christer Fuglesang and Robert Curbeam; in back are Commander Mark Polansky and Pilot William Oefelein. Fuglesang, from Sweden, represents the European Space Agency. 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
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August 25, 2006
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
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