The center of activities is the Kennedy Space Center.

	The Orbiteor for STS-107 will be the shuttle Columbia. Transport of the shuttle is typically via a specialized 747 cargo plane.
	The cargo space in the shuttle will accommodate the Spacehab module. The aft wall that is designed to hold equipment and lockers that in turn house individual experiments. Our locker will be mounted into this scaffolding.
	Hardware testing, here a middeck locker with our experiment, takes place in the Orbiter Environmental Simulator (OES) that is programmed to simulate light, temperature and CO2 conditions of the shuttle.
	The astronaut crew for STS has been selected and get an early start in familiarizing themselves with the science and experimental detail of the Biotube-1 hardware and MICRO experiment. Left to right: Mission Specialist Michael Anderson Mission Specialist David Brown Pilot William "Willie" McCool Dave Cox, April Boody, Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon (Israel) Karl H. Hasenstein (PI) Mission Specialist Laurel Clark Comander Rick Husband and (barely visible) Mission Specialist Kalpana Chawla