KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Dressed in their orange launch and entry suits, the STS-104 crew eagerly walk to the Astrovan that will take them to Launch Pad 39B and a simulated countdown exercise. From left are Mission Specialists Michael L. Gernhardt, James F. Reilly and Janet Lynn Kavandi; Commander Steven W. Lindsey and Pilot Charles O. Hobaugh. The crew is taking part in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, which include emergency exit training from the orbiter, opportunities to inspect their mission payloads in the orbiter’s payload bay and simulated countdown exercises. The launch of Atlantis on mission STS-104 is scheduled July 12 from Launch Pad 39B. The mission is the 10th flight to the International Space Station and carries the Joint Airlock Module KSC-01pp1216
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Dressed in their orange launch and entry suits, the STS-104 crew eagerly walk to the Astrovan that will take them to Launch Pad 39B and a simulated countdown exercise. From left are Mission Specialists Michael L. Gernhardt, James F. Reilly and Janet Lynn Kavandi; Commander Steven W. Lindsey and Pilot Charles O. Hobaugh. The crew is taking part in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, which include emergency exit training from the orbiter, opportunities to inspect their mission payloads in the orbiter’s payload bay and simulated countdown exercises. The launch of Atlantis on mission STS-104 is scheduled July 12 from Launch Pad 39B. The mission is the 10th flight to the International Space Station and carries the Joint Airlock Module
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