STS-108
Endeavour
Pre-Launch Processing
Flow
November, 2001
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Shuttle Endeavour returns to KSC on a 747 jet,
is processed for flight and mated to the External Tank and Solid
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The Leonardo MPLM is loaded into the payload canister
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Astronauts Tani and Godwin participate in a Crew
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Shuttle Endeavour departs the VAB for Launch Pad
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| KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -– In
the months leading up to the launch of STS-108, the Orbiter, payload
and flight crew take part in several different processing operations.
Top priorities for the STS-108 (UF-1) mission of Endeavour are rotation
of the International Space Station Expedition Three and Expedition
Four crews, bringing water, equipment and supplies to the station
in the Multi-Purpose Logistics module Raffaello, and completion
of robotics tasks and a spacewalk to install thermal blankets over
two pieces of equipment at the bases of the Space Station's solar
wings. |
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