RM2WBP3NK–Technicians fill SOFIA’s instrument with liquid nitrogen and helium to keep the detectors cold. The now retired instrument was called the First Light Infrared Test Experiment Camera, or FLITECAM. When SOFIA lands after each flight its instruments can be exchanged, serviced or upgraded to harness new technologies. Left: Chris Koerber, right UCLA's Ken Magnone.
RM2WBN3W4–KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-104 Mission Specialist Michael Gernhardt (left) and Pilot Charles Hobaugh (right) check out the slidewire used during extravehicular activities to keep the astronauts tethered to the orbiter. The STS-104 crew is at KSC to continue Crew Equipment Interface Test activities such as payload familiarization. The Joint Airlock Module is the primary payload on their mission, scheduled to launch no earlier than June 14, 2001, from Launch Pad 39B
RM2WBMN6F–KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Orbiter Processing Facility keep watch as the SHI Research Double Module (SHI RDM) (right) and Hitchhiker Carrier (left) are lowered into Columbia's payload bay for mission STS-107, a research mission. SHI RDM is the primary payload, with experiments ranging from material sciences to life sciences (many rats). Also, the Fast Reaction Experiments Enabling Science, Technology, Applications and Research (FREESTAR) that is on the Hitchhiker Carrier incorporates eight high priority secondary attached shuttle experiments. STS-107 is scheduled to launch Jul
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