Stock Photo - 02/11/2000 ___ In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS_99 Pilot Dominic Gorie has his helmet checked by Santos Medina, with United Space Alliance, during final launch preparations. Known as the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission SRTM, STS_99 is scheduled for liftoff at 12:30 p.m. EST from Launch Pad 39A. The SRTM will chart a new course to produce unrivaled 3_D images of the Earth´s surface. The result of the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission could be close to 1 trillion measurements of the Earth´s topography. The mission is expected to last 11days, with Endeavour landing at KSC Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 4:36 p.m. EST. This is the 97th Shuttle flight and 14th for Shuttle Endeavour

Stock Photo: 02/11/2000 --- In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-99 Pilot Dominic Gorie has his helmet checked by Santos Medina, with United Space Alliance.

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