Mission Specialists Edward Lu check out equipment with a Boeing technician are visiting SPACEHAB to become familiar with the payload.

STS-106 Mission Specialists Edward Lu (left) and Richard Mastracchio (center) check out equipment with a Boeing technician inside the SPACEHAB module at Port Canaveral, Fla. They and other crew members Pilot Scott Altman and Mission Specialist Boris Morukov, who is with the Russian Space Agency, are visiting SPACEHAB to become familiar with the payload on their mission. During the mission, the crew will complete service module support tasks on orbit, transfer supplies and outfit the Space Station for the first long-duration crew. STS-106 is scheduled to launch Sept. 8