KSC-01PP-0804 - STS-100 MS Hadfield practices maneuvers on a simulator 


KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -– STS-100 Mission Specialist Chris A. Hadfield, with the Canadian
Space Agency, practices maneuvers on a simulator for installing the Canadian-built Space
Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS).  He and Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski will
undertake two spacewalks to install the SSRMS.  The 11-day mission to the International Space
Station will also deliver the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello, carrying six system
racks and two storage racks for the U.S. Lab.   Liftoff on mission STS-100 is scheduled at
2:41 p.m. EDT April 19.

 
                                               04/17/2001