Columbia sits inside an protective tent
used to keep out moisture. The orbiter is next scheduled to fly on
mission STS-107 no earlier than Nov. 29. STS-107 is a research
mission. The payload includes the Hitchhiker Bridge, a carrier for the
Fast Reaction Experiments Enabling Science, Technology, Applications
and Research (FREESTAR) that incorporates eight high priority
secondary attached shuttle experiments, plus the SHI Research Double
Module (SHI/RDM), also known as SPACEHAB.
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Columbia sits inside an protective tent
used to keep out moisture. The orbiter is next scheduled to fly on
mission STS-107 no earlier than Nov. 29. STS-107 is a research
mission. The payload includes the Hitchhiker Bridge, a carrier for the
Fast Reaction Experiments Enabling Science, Technology, Applications
and Research (FREESTAR) that incorporates eight high priority
secondary attached shuttle experiments, plus the SHI Research Double
Module (SHI/RDM), also known as SPACEHAB.