Stock Photo - 02/03/2000 ___ STS_98 Commander Kenneth D. Cockrell left and Mission Specialist Thomas D. Jones Ph.D. check out equipment in the U.S. Lab Destiny during a Multi_Equipment Interface Test. During the mission, Jones will help install the Lab on the International Space Station in a series of three space walks. The STS_98 mission will provide the station with science research facilities and expand its power, life support and control capabilities. The U.S. Laboratory Module continues a long tradition of microgravity materials research, first conducted by Skylab and later Shuttle and Spacelab missions. Destiny is expected to be a major feature in future research, providing facilities for biotechnology, fluid physics, combustion, and life sciences research. Others in the five_member crew on STS_98 are Pilot Mark L. Polansky, and Mission Specialists Robert L. Curbeam Jr. and Marsha S. Ivins. The Lab is planned for launch aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on the sixth ISS flight, currently targeted no earlier than Aug. 19, 2000