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Seven astronauts inboard a US spaceshuttle are preparing to travel to the International Space Station.
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Their mission will be repairing the station's power-generating solar panels and expanding the living quarters to accommodate more astronauts.
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Andy Gallagher reports from Florida It's hard to think of these highly trained astronauts as interior designers but that'sa big part of NASA's latest mission.
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Stacked away in the Endeavor's huge cargo bay willbe two bedrooms,a bathroom,a small kitchen and an exercise machine.
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Once installed,that will make the International Space Station a five-bedroom facility, enabling threemore people to live on board.
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If the shuttle lifts off on time it will arrive at the spacestation on Sunday,and the crew will then spend the next 11 days installing the new facilities that include a 250-million-dollar water recycling unit.
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