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At SPACEHAB,Cape Canaveral, the SPACEHAB
Double Module is the site for equipment familiarization for some
STS-107 crew members inside. The crew comprises Commander Rick
Husband, Pilot William McCool, Payload Commander Michael Anderson,
Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla, David Brown and Laurel Clark, and
Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon. STS-107 has two payload elements, the
Double Module in its first flight into space and a Hitchhiker
payload. The double module provides greater experiment capability than
on previous flights, resulting for this mission in a very broad
collection of experiments for NASA and commercial and European
customers. The experiments range from material sciences to life
sciences (many rats). The Hitchhiker carrier system is modular and
expandable in accordance with payload requirements, which allows
maximum efficiency in utilizing orbiter resources and increases the
potential for early manifesting on the Shuttle. Hitchhiker experiments
are housed in canisters or attached to mounting plates. The Hitchhiker
canister comes in two varieties--the Hitchhiker Motorized Door
Canister and the Sealed Canisters. STS-107 is scheduled to launch in
May 2002