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Ref : S05594
Theme :
Testings - Satellites - Probes - Rockets (2314 images)
Title : After being uncrated in the Space Station Processing Facility
Caption :
(03/15/2000) -- After being uncrated in the Space Station Processing Facility, the SPACEHAB Double Module (left) waits for transfer to the payload canister (right) that will take it to Launch Pad 39A. There it will be installed in the Shuttle Atlantis' payload bay for mission STS-101. The module carries internal logistics and resupply cargo for restoring full redundancy to the International Space Station power system in preparation for the arrival of the next pressurized module, the Russian-built Zvezda. The STS-101 crew of seven comprises Commander James D. Halsell Jr., Pilot Scott J. 'Doc' Horowitz (Ph.D.) and Mission Specialists Mary Ellen Weber (Ph.D.), James S. Voss, Jeffrey N. Williams, Susan J. Helms and Yuri Vladimirovich Usachev, cosmonaut. Launch of Atlantis on mission STS-101 is scheduled no earlier than April 17, 2000
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