Summary

Description	MS. STILSON: And now, Scott is here with us in the NASA Direct studio. Welcome, Scott. MR. HIGGINBOTHAM: Thanks, Stephanie. It's good to be here. MS. STILSON: Quite a few payload questions were submitted to our question board. Are you ready to answer some of them? MR. HIGGINBOTHAM: You betcha. MS. STILSON: First one is from Becca in Atlanta. What payloads will Discovery be carrying on this flight and will any of the astronauts be staying on the Space Station? MR. HIGGINBOTHAM: Well, let's see. From an ISS point of view, the primary goal for this mission is to carry stuff up and back from the Station. To accomplish that goal, we've got three very specialized cargo-carrying elements that will be flying in the payload bay of Discovery. The first is the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, Raffaello, which is going to carry up supplies for use inside the Space Station. And then we also have two carriers that are carrying up things to use on the outside ofthe Space Station. The first is t
Date	2005-07-15
Source	images.nasa.gov

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