Yuri Onufrienko waits for final checkout of his launch and entry suit prior to heading to Launch Pad 39B and Space Shuttle Endeavour.

Expedition 4 Commander Yuri Onufrienko waits for final checkout of his launch and entry suit prior to heading to Launch Pad 39B and Space Shuttle Endeavour. Top priorities for the STS-108 (UF-1) mission of Endeavour are rotation of the International Space Station Expedition 3 and Expedition 4 crews; bringing water, equipment and supplies to the station in the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello; and the crew's completion of robotics tasks and a spacewalk to install thermal blankets over two pieces of equipment at the bases of the Space Station's solar wings. Launch is scheduled for 5:45 p.m. EST Dec. 4, 2001, from Launch Pad 39B