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STS-126 crewmembers gather for a briefing as they prepare for a training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Pictured (clockwise) from the left foreground are astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, mission specialist; Eric Boe, pilot; Chris Ferguson, commander; Jose Hernandez, support crewmember; Donald Pettit, Steve Bowen, Shane Kimbrough and Sandra Magnus, all mission specialists. Magnus is scheduled to join Expedition 18 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station with this crew.