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STS-82 Mission Commander Kenneth D. Bowersox makes some final adjustments to his launch and entry suit with assistance from a suit technician in the Operations and Checkout Building. This is his fourth space flight. He and the six other crew members will depart shortly for Launch Pad 39A, where the Space Shuttle Discovery awaits liftoff on a 10-day mission to service the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope (HST). This will be the second HST servicing mission. Four back-to-back spacewalks are planned.