STS-109 Crew Fit Check Video

Orbiter: Columbia
Shuttle Mission: STS-109
Date: March 1, 2002

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -– Image of Shuttle with American flag and launch complex in the background. Members of the STS-109 crew participate in a pre-pack and fit check. During the pre-pack and fit check, astronauts each don their flight suits, helmets, and gloves as they would on launch day to ensure a proper fit. The goal of the mission is to replace Solar Array 2 with Solar Array 3, replace the Power Control Unit, remove the Faint Object Camera and install the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), install the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) Cooling System, and install New Outer Blanket Layer insulation.

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March 12, 2003	Online coverage by: Dennis Armstrong (NASA), Anna Heiney (IDI) Web Development: Lynda Warnock & Debbie Barton (FDC) Video Production: Chris Chamberland (Photobition) Countdown Clock by: Jim Fitzgerald (FDC) NASA Official: Dennis Armstrong (Dennis.Armstrong-1@ksc.nasa.gov) A Service of the NASA/Kennedy Space Center Roy D. Bridges, Director