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Space Shuttle Columbia sits atop its
transporter in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building
awaiting further processing for the flight of mission STS-107. Launch
is now targeted for no earlier than Jan. 16, 2003. The STS-107 mission
will be dedicated to microgravity research. The payloads include the
Hitchhiker Bridge, a carrier for the Fast Reaction Experiments
Enabling Science, Technology, Applications and Research (FREESTAR)
incorporating eight high priority secondary attached Shuttle
experiments, and the SHI Research Double Module (SHI/RDM), also known
as SPACEHAB.