KSC-02PD-1197 - STS-107 Columbia sits inside an protective tent in VAB 


KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Columbia sits inside an protective tent
used to keep out moisture. The orbiter is next scheduled to fly on
mission STS-107 no earlier than Nov. 29. STS-107 is a research
mission. The payload includes the Hitchhiker Bridge, a carrier for the
Fast Reaction Experiments Enabling Science, Technology, Applications
and Research (FREESTAR) that incorporates eight high priority
secondary attached shuttle experiments, plus the SHI Research Double
Module (SHI/RDM), also known as SPACEHAB.

 
                                               08/19/2002