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STS-98 Commander Ken Cockrell waves as he crosses the parking apron of the Shuttle Landing Facility after a flight on the Shuttle Training Aircraft. The cockpit of the STA is outfitted like the Shuttle, which provides practice at the controls, especially for landing. The STS-98 crew recently arrived at KSC to prepare for their launch Feb. 7 to the International Space Station. The seventh construction flight to the Space Station, it will carry the U.S. Laboratory Destiny, a key module for space experiments.