KSC-06pd2330
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, members of the STS-116 crew discuss use of some of the flight hardware during the Crew Equipment Interface Test. Seen here are (from left) Mission Specialists Robert Curbeam, Christer Fugelsang and Nicholas Patrick. Fugelsang represents the European Space Agency. Mission crews make frequent trips to the Kennedy Space Center 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
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October 13, 2006
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
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