KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  The super Guppy transport aircraft arrives at KSC with its cargo, the S5 truss segment for the International Space Station.  After offloading, the S5 truss will be transferred to the Space Station Processing Facility where it will be fit chedked for a Photo-Voltaic Radiator Grapple Fixture.  It will also undergo a fit check to a truss simulator to make sure S5 will fit together with the S4 and S6 truss segments.  S5 is scheduled for launch in October 2003 on mission STS-118.  It will be the 10th truss assembled as part of a total 11 trusses. KSC-02pd0285

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The super Guppy transport aircraft arrives at KSC with its cargo, the S5 truss segment for the International Space Station. After offloading, the S5 truss will be transferred to the Space Station Processing Facility where it will be fit chedked for a Photo-Voltaic Radiator Grapple Fixture. It will also undergo a fit check to a truss simulator to make sure S5 will fit together with the S4 and S6 truss segments. S5 is scheduled for launch in October 2003 on mission STS-118. It will be the 10th truss assembled as part of a total 11 trusses. KSC-02pd0285

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The super Guppy transport aircraft arrives at KSC with its cargo, the S5 truss segment for the International Space Station. After offloading, the S5 truss will be transferred to the Space Station Processing Facility where it will be fit chedked for a Photo-Voltaic Radiator Grapple Fixture. It will also undergo a fit check to a truss simulator to make sure S5 will fit together with the S4 and S6 truss segments. S5 is scheduled for launch in October 2003 on mission STS-118. It will be the 10th truss assembled as part of a total 11 trusses.

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