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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-127 Mission Specialists Julie Payette and Christopher Cassidy check equipment as part of pre-pack and fit check in preparation for space shuttle Endeavour's launch on June 13 to the International Space Station. Payette, who is with the Canadian Space Agency, will be making her second shuttle flight, and Cassidy his first. Endeavour will deliver the Japanese Experiment Module's Exposed Facility, or JEM-EF, and the Experiment Logistics Module-Exposed Section, or ELM-ES, on STS-127. The mission is the final of three flights dedicated to the assembly of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory complex on the space station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett