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Workers in the Orbiter Processing Facility are transferring the Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE-1, left) into the cargo bay of the space shuttle Discovery. LITE-1, which will demonstrate the technology of a spaceborne Lidar instrument, is scheduled to fly on STS-64 later this year. Behind LITE-1 is the Spartan 201 payload.