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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Commander Bob Cabana participates in the Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) for STS-88 in KSC's Space Station Processing Facility. The CEIT gives astronauts an opportunity to get a hands-on look at the payloads with which they will be working on-orbit. Here, Cabana sits inside the Pressurized Mating Adapter-1 (PMA-1) for a close-up look at some of the connecting ducts and wires. Node 1 of the International Space Station (ISS) is behind him. STS-88, the first ISS assembly flight, is targeted for launch in July 1998 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour