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After suiting up, the STS-127 crew members pause alongside the Astrovan to wave farewell to onlookers before heading for launch pad 39A for the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on the STS-127 mission. From the right are astronaut Mark Polansky, commander; Doug Hurley, pilot; Canadian Space Agency's Julie Payette, Tim Kopra, Tom Marshburn, Christopher Cassidy and Dave Wolf, all mission specialists. Kopra will join Expedition 20 in progress to serve as a flight engineer aboard the International Space Station. The mission will feature five spacewalks and the delivery of the Japanese Experiment Module's Exposed Facility and the Experiment Logistics Module-Exposed Section in the final of three flights dedicated to the assembly of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory complex on the space station.