A crew equipment interface test (CEIT) was a training procedure that helped

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crewmembers gain first-hand knowledge of the flight hardware used during a space shuttle mission. For

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assembly tasks,

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conducted CEIT activities in the

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(KSC). The last CEIT was conducted April 7–8, 2011 by the

STS-135 STS-135 ( ISS assembly flight ULF7) was the 135th and final mission of the American Space Shuttle program. It used the orbiter '' Atlantis'' and hardware originally processed for the STS-335 contingency mission, which was not flown. STS-135 ...

crew involving the ''

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'' in preparation for the final flight of the shuttle program.

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