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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., mission STS-116 crew members look over the Integrated Cargo Carrier during the Crew Equipment Interface Test. The ICC will be carried in Space Shuttle Discovery’s payload cargo bay during the mission to the International Space Station. From left are Mission Specialists Christer Fuglesang, who is representing the European Space Agency, Robert Curbeam and Sunita Williams. 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 No. 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/Kim Shiflett