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KSC06 - 19991217 - KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES : Astronaut Claude Nicollier of Switzerland gives a thumbs-up before boarding the astrovan 17 December, 1999, for his ride to the US space shuttle Discovery at launch pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center, FL. The seven-person international crew aboard Discovery will use four spacewalks to r-ir the Hubble Space Telescope. - PHOTO AFP/BRUCE WEAVER/rs/gd