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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During Crew Equipment Interface Test activities, the STS-107 crew looks at flight equipment in the Orbiter Processing Facility. Seen counter clockwise from top left are Pilot William "Willie" McCool, Commander Rick Husband, Payload Commander Michael Anderson, Mission Specialists Laurel Clark and Kalpana Chawla, and Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, who is with the Israeli Space Agency. STS-107 is a research mission, with the SHI Research Double Module (SHI/RDM), also known as SPACEHAB, as the primary payload, plus the Fast Reaction Experiments Enabling Science, Technology, Applications and Research (FREESTAR) that incorporates eight high priority secondary attached shuttle experiments. STS-107 is scheduled to launch July 19, 2002