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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the White Room on Launch Pad 39B, the STS-116 crew members are told what to expect on launch day as they enter Space Shuttle Discovery from the area. From left are Mission Specialist Robert Curbeam, Commander Mark Polansky, Mission Specialists Joan Higginbotham and Sunita Williams, Pilot William Oefelein, and Mission Specialists Christer Fuglesang and Nicholas Patrick. Fuglesang represents the European Space Agency. The mission crew is at KSC for the TCDT, which includes a simulated launch countdown. The STS-116 mission is No. 20 to the International Space Station and construction flight 12A.1. The mission payload is the SPACEHAB module, the P5 integrated truss structure and other key components. Launch is scheduled for no earlier than Dec. 7. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett