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In the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF), Mike Generale (background) talks to the media about the research racks behind him that will be used on missions to the International Space Station. To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the launch of the first element of the International Space Station, the media were invited to tour the SSPF at KSC. Reporters had the opportunity to see Space Station hardware that are being processed for deployment once the Space Shuttles return to flight as well as talk with NASA and Boeing mission managers about the various hardware elements currently being processed for flight.