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STS-77 Mission Specialist Mario Runco Jr. finishes donning his launch/entry suit in the Operations and Checkout Building with assistance from a suit technician. The two-time space flyer joins a crew of five on the fourth Shuttle flight of 1996. The astronauts will depart shortly for Launch Pad 39B, where the Space Shuttle Endeavour is undergoing final preparations for liftoff during a two-and-a-half hour launch window opening at 6:30 a.m. EDT, May 19.