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General Description:
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STS-87 Shuttle Mission Imagery
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Description:
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S97-15148 (October 1997) --- STS-87 astronaut crewmembers participate in the Crew Equipment Integration Test (CEIT) with the Spartan-201 payload in Kennedy Space Center?s (KSC) Vertical Processing Facility. From left are Steven W. Lindsey, pilot; Takao Doi, mission specialist representing Japan?s National Space Development Agency (NASDA); Kalpana Chawla, mission specialist; Kevin R. Kregel, mission commander; and payload specialist Leonid Kadenyuk of the National Space Agency of Ukraine (NSAU). The CEIT gives astronauts an opportunity to get a hands-on look at the payloads with which they will be working on-orbit. STS-87 will be the fourth United States Microgravity Payload (USMP-4) and flight of the Spartan-201 deployable satellite. During the mission, Takao Doi will be the first Japanese astronaut to perform a spacewalk. STS-87 is scheduled for a November 19, 1997, liftoff from KSC.
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image id:
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Photo-s97-15148
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Opportunity
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Japan
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Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
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Ukraine
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facet_where:
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United States of America
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facet_who:
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Kalpana Chawla
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facet_who:
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Leonid Kadenyuk
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facet_who:
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Takao Doi
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facet_when:
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November 19, 1997
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October 1997
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1997
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UID:
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SPD-SPFLT-Photo-s97-15148
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original url:
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http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-87/html/s97-15148.html
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