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STS-107 Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon,
of Israel, manipulates a piece of equipment in the Spacehab module. He
and other crew members are taking part in Crew Equipment Interface
Test (CEIT) activities at SPACEHAB, Cape Canaveral, Fla. 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; and Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Blair
Salton Clark and David M. Brown. STS-107 is scheduled for launch May
23, 2002