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STS-81 Pilot Brent W. Jett, Jr. dons his launch/entry suit in the suitup room of the Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building. He is on his second Shuttle mission. Jett will assist with several of the 44 Risk Mitigation and Human Life Sciences experiments during the 10-day space flight and will perform the intricate flyaround maneuver of the Russian Mir space station after the Space Shuttle Atlantis undocks on flight day eight. He and five crew members will shortly depart the O&C and head for Launch Pad 39B, where the Space Shuttle Atlantis will lift off during a 7-minute window that opens at 4:27 a.m. EST, January 12.