KSC-00PP-1938 - STS-98 U.S. Lab payload is moved to stand for weight determination 


KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The U.S. Laboratory Destiny travels past
the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo in its overhead passage
down the Space Station Processing Facility.  The lab is being moved to
the Launch Package Integration Stand (LPIS) for a weight and center of
gravity determination. Destiny is the payload aboard Space Shuttle
Atlantis on mission STS-98 to the Space Station. The lab is fitted
with five system racks and will already have experiments installed
inside for the flight. The launch is scheduled for January 2001.

 
                                               12/21/2000