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Flight Hardware COMPILED BY WILLIAM HARWOOD Updated: December 18, 2000 
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At a Glance Mission 1: ISS-2R Vehicle: Soyuz Crew: Shepherd, Gidzenko and Krikalev Launch date: Oct. 31, 2000 Launch time: 0753 GMT (2:53 a.m. EST) Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Return vehicle: Shuttle Discovery (STS-102) Landing date: Mid-March 2001 Landing site: Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Mission 2: ISS-5A (STS-98) Vehicle: Shuttle Atlantis Crew: Cockrell, Polansky, Curbeam, Jones, Ivins Launch date: Feb. 7, 2001 Launch time: 6:13 p.m. EST (2313 GMT) Launch site: LC-39A, KSC Landing date: Feb. 20, 2001 Landing time: 12:27 p.m. EST (1727 GMT) Landing site: SLF, KSC  The Infinite Journey  The triumphs and tragedies of the space program are recalled by those who were there in this glossy 240-page book from the Discovery Channel.MORE - amazon.com MORE - amazon.co.uk Ride a rocket!  A 50-minute VHS video cassette from Spaceflight Now features spectacular "rocketcam" footage from April's launch of NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey probe. Available from the Astronomy Now Store in NTSC format (North America and Japan) and PAL (UK, most of Europe, Australia and other countries).
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