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Space Shuttle Discovery crewmember Swiss Astronaut Claude Nicollier, waves December 28, 1999 at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida prior to his d-rture for Johnson Space Center with the rest of the crew and their families. Nicollier and six others spent eight days in orbit as they completed a mission to refurbish and r-ir the Hubble Space Telscope. (KEYSTONE/- PHOTO/AFP/Bruce Weaver)