KSC-02PD-0364 - STS-107 crew members check equipment for their mission at SPACEHAB 


KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At SPACEHAB, STS-107 crew members check
equipment for their mission. From left are Mission Specialist Laurel
Clark, Payload Commander Michael Anderson (seated) and Mission
Specialist Kalpana Chawla. STS-107 is a research mission. The primary
payload is the first flight of the SHI Research Double Module
(SHI/RDM). The experiments range from material sciences to life
sciences (many rats). Also part of the payload is the Fast Reaction
Experiments Enabling Science, Technology, Applications and Research
(FREESTAR) that incorporates eight high priority secondary attached
shuttle experiments. STS-107 is scheduled to launch July 11, 2002

 
                                               03/22/2002