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During Crew Equipment Interface Test
(CEIT)activities at SPACEHAB, Cape Canaveral, Fla., STS-107 Mission
Specialist Kalpana Chawla looks over equipment inside the Spacehab
module. 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 Commander Rick Douglas
Husband; Pilot William C. McCool; Payload Commander Michael
P. Anderson; Mission Specialists Laurel Blair Salton Clark and David
M. Brown; and Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, of Israel. STS-107 is
scheduled for launch May 23, 2002