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At SPACEHAB in Cape Canaveral, Fla.,
members of the STS-107 crew pose outside of the Double Module, one of
the mission payloads. From left to right are Mission Specialist David
Brown, Commander Rick D. Husband, Pilot William "Willie" McCool and
Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, from Israel. A research mission, the
mission will be the first flight of the Double Module and will also
carry a Hitchhiker payload. The experiments range from material
sciences to life sciences (many rats). The Hitchhiker carrier system
is modular and expandable in accordance with payload
requirements. Hitchhiker experiments are housed in canisters or
attached to mounting plates. The Hitchhiker canister comes in two
varieties--the Hitchhiker Motorized Door Canister and the Sealed
Canisters