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During Crew Equipment Interface Test
(CEIT)activities at Spacehab, Cape Canaveral, Fla., STS-107 Commander
Rick Douglas Husband checks out a piece of equipment. As a research
mission, STS-107 will carry the Spacehab Double Module in its first
research flight into space and a broad collection of experiments
ranging from material science to life science. The CEIT activities
enable the crew to perform certain flight operations, operate
experiments in a flight-like environment, evaluate stowage locations
and obtain additional exposure to specific experiment
operations. Other STS-107 crew members are Pilot William C. McCool;
Payload Commander Michael P. Anderson; Mission Specialists Kalpana
Chawla, David M. Brown and Laurel Blair Salton Clark; and Payload
Specialist Ilan Ramon, of Israel. STS-107 is scheduled for launch May
23, 2002