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Less than 24-hours prior to the completion of their 11-day mission in Earth orbit, two of the seven STS-88 crew members are pictured on Endeavour's mid deck. They are James H. Newman (left) and Sergei K. Krikalev, both mission specialists. Krikalev represents the Russian Space Agency (RSA) and has been named to the first ISS crew. Newman earlier had joined astronaut Jerry L. Ross on three space walks to perform a number of tasks to ready the first components of ISS. The photo was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 03:00:43, Dec. 14.