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The STS-75 flight crew arrives at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility. The mission commander is Andrew M. Allen; Scott J. Horowitz is the pilot. There are four mission specialists: Jeffrey A. Hoffman; Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, who is the payload commander; and Claude Nicollier and Maurizio Cheli, both of the European Space Agency. Assigned as a payload specialist is Umberto Guidoni of the Italian Space Agency. The three-day countdown toward liftoff on Feb. 22 also begins today. STS-75 will be the second Shuttle flight of this year and will be highlighted by the re- flight of the Italian Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1R).