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Center Director Roy Bridges (left) welcomes the arrival of two crew members on mission STS-113. At right is Mission Commander James Wetherbee; in the center is Expedition 6 Flight Engineer Donald Pettit. They and other crew members are arriving at KSC to prepare for launch, scheduled for Nov. 11 between midnight and 4 a.m. EST. The primary mission is bringing the Expedition 6 crew to the Station and returning the Expedition 5 crew to Earth. The major objective of the mission is delivery of the Port 1 (P1) Integrated Truss Assembly, which will be attached to the port side of the S0 truss. Three spacewalks are planned to install and activate the truss and its associated equipment.