Koicki Wakata Tim Kopra and Garrett Reisman get a close look at hardware they will be taking into and using in orbit.

During a bench review in the Space Station Processing Facility, astronauts (right side, from back) Koicki Wakata, Tim Kopra and Garrett Reisman get a close look at hardware they will be taking into and using in orbit. Reisman is slated to join Expedition 16 aboard the International Space Station in 2008, flying on mission STS-123; Kopra is his backup. Wakata, with the Japanese Aerospace and Exploration Agency, will join the Expedition 18 crew, flying on mission STS-126. Photo credit: NASA/George Shelton