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The STS-107 Red Team successfully repaired the Water Mist Fire Suppression Experiment on Tuesday. The experiment, which is also known as Mist, will be the third investigation to occur in the Combustion Module.
STS-107 Crewmembers Repair Mist Experiment

The STS-107 Red Team successfully repaired the Water Mist Fire Suppression Experiment on Tuesday. The experiment, which is also known as Mist, will be the third investigation to occur in the Combustion Module. The experiment is studying how water mist keeps flames from spreading in order to design better fire suppression systems on Earth and for spacecraft. The Blue Team is slated to begin the experiment during its overnight shift aboard Space Shuttle Columbia.

On the medical research front, work with the bone and prostate cancer studies continued in the Bioreactor Demonstration System, and crewmembers participated in experiments for the Physiology and Biochemistry suite. Also, the crew took observations for the Mediterranean Israeli Dust Experiment, or MEIDEX, which is studying dust storms in the Middle East.

Columbia is slated to land at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., at 8:15 a.m. CST (1415 GMT) Saturday.

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Eight roses stand in the middle of the Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas, on Tuesday. The seven red roses represent the seven STS-107 astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Columbia, and the white rose is in memory of those who have given their lives for the space program. The Shelton family in Bedford, Texas, has sent an arrangement of roses to the MCC for every shuttle mission since STS-26. Monday was the anniversary of the Apollo I accident in 1967 and Tuesday was the anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger accident in 1986.

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