JSC2001-E-06397 (27 February 2001) --- Astronauts Steven W. Lindsey (center foreground), mission commander, and Michael L. Gernhardt (right), mission specialist, assisted by crew trainer Ken Trujillo, rehearse emergency egress procedures in the Systems Integration Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). The crew will use the pictured training version of the launch escape pole which is now carried onboard for all shuttle flights. The STS-104 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) represents the Space Shuttle Atlantis' first flight using a new engine and is targeted for a liftoff no earlier than June 14, 2001.
Photographer Robert Markowitz