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The Japanese Experiment Module or JEM (first element in left row), the Node 2 (first element in right row), and other hardware undergoing processing for transport to the International Space Station, are made available for viewing by the media, assembling in the aisle of the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF). Members of the media were invited to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the launch of the first element of the International Space Station by touring the SSPF. Reporters had the opportunity to see Space Station hardware that is being processed for deployment once the Space Shuttles return to flight, as well as talk with NASA and Boeing mission managers about the various hardware elements currently being processed for flight.