KSC-01PD-1861 - STS-107 crew gets training inside the SPACEHAB Double Module 


KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At SPACEHAB in Cape Canaveral, Fla.,
STS-107 Mission Specialists Ilan Ramon of Israel and Laurel Clark
check out the equipment for the mission. STS-107 is a research
mission, and the primary payload is the first flight of the SHI
Research Double Module (SHI/RDM). The experiments range from material
sciences to life sciences (many rats). Among the experiments is a
Hitchhiker carrier system, modular and expandable in accordance with
payload requirements. STS-107 is scheduled to launch in June 2002

 
                                               12/10/2001