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  1. Scientific research- they research rocks and space dust.
  2. Deploy and Retrieve satellites-the space shuttle was designed to deploy and retrieve satellites
  3. conduct experiments-They are racks of experiments to be conducted during each mission
  4. building and supplying the International Space Station
  5. Other Work- Crew members are constantly checking life support systems, Cleaning filters and updating computer eqpment
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