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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-124 Mission Specialist Michael Fossum looks over equipment going to the International Space Station. Crew members of the mission are at KSC for equipment familiarization. The crew comprises Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Kenneth Ham, and Mission Specialists Karen Nyberg, Ronald Garan, Fossum, Stephen Bowen and Akihiko Hoshide, who represents the Japanese Aerospace and Exploration Agency. The STS-124 mission is the second of three flights that will launch components to complete the Japanese pressurized module, the Kibo laboratory. The mission will include two spacewalks to install the new lab and its remote manipulator system. The lab's logistics module, which will have been installed in a temporary location during STS-123, will be attached to the new lab. The mission is scheduled to launch in 2008. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett