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The STS-107 crew meet with the media in
front of the grandstand. With the microphone is Payload Specialist
Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut. Others, from left, are
Commander Rick Husband, Pilot William "Willie" McCool, Ramon, Mission
Specialist David Brown, Payload Commander Michael Anderson, and
Mission Specialists Laurel Clark and Kalpana Chawla. The crew just
finished Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, including a
simulated launch countdown, in preparation for launch planned for
Jan. 16, 2003, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. EST aboard Space Shuttle
Columbia. STS-107 is a mission devoted to research and will include
more than 80 experiments that will study Earth and space science,
advanced technology development, and astronaut health and safety.