| Photo Album - Before Launch - |
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Sep. 12-15, 2000 (EST)
Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT)
(NASA Kennedy Space Center) |
Day 4
Sep. 15 |
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The STS-92 crew leave the O&C for Launch Pad 39A. |
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Day 3
Sep. 14 |
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STS-92 crew poses for photo after emergency egress training. |
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STS-92 Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata of Japan reaches for a lever
that will release the slidewire basket he is in. |
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STS-92 Mission Specialists Koichi Wakata of Japan (left) and William
S. McArthur Jr. (right) get settled in their seats in Discovery for a simulated
countdown. |
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STS-92 Mission Specialist Wakata suits up for simulated countdown. |
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The STS-92 crew poses for a photograph in the White Room, the environmentally
controlled chamber on the orbiter access arm that provides entry for the
crew into the orbiter. |
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At the 195-foot level of the Fixed Service Structure on Launch Pad
39A, the STS-92 crew get instructions on using the emergency egress equipment. |
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Day 2
Sep. 13 |
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STS-92 crew get training on driving the M-113 armored vehicle. |
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STS-92 Mission Specialist Wakata gets ready to drive the M-113. |
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Day 1
Sep. 12 |
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The STS-92 crew talk to media at Launch Pad 39A. |
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July 31, 2000 (EDT)
The Zenith-1 (Z-1) Truss is officially presented to NASA by The Boeing
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(Space Station Processing Facility) |
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July 11, 2000 (EDT)
Members of the STS-92 crew line up on the runway at KSC's Shuttle Landing
Facility after arriving to take part in a Crew Equipment Interface Test
(CEIT).
(NASA Kennedy Space Center) |
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STS-92 Crew |
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Astronaut Wakata |
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July 6, 2000 (EDT)
The Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 rests in Discovery's payload bay.
(Space Station Processing Facility) |
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The Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 rests in Discovery's payload bay. |
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May 17, 2000 (EDT)
Training at Virtual Reality Laboratory
(Virtual Reality Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center's Systems Integration
Facility) |
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Astronauts William S. McArthur, Jr. (left) and Koichi Wakata train
in the Virtual Reality Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center's Systems
Integration Facility. " |
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April 21, 2000 (EDT)
The STS-92 crew looks over Z1 truss in SSPF.
(NASA Kennedy Space Center SSPF) |
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July 8, 1999 (EDT) PMA-3 Leak Seal Kit Fit Check |
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Astronaut Wakata and the Pilot Pamela Ann Melroy. |
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STS-92 crew members discussing PMS-3 with the Boeing Company engineers. |
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STS-92 crew members checking the equipment used with PMA-3. |
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STS-92 crew members discussing PMS-3 with the Boeing Company engineers. |
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STS-92 crew members discussing the test results with the engineers
of Johnson Space Center and Boeing Company. |
Photographed at NASA KSC Space Station Processing Facility
| Last Updated : May 29, 2001 |
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