KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the SRB Assembly and Refurbishment Facility, STS-114 Mission Specialists Andrew Thomas (center) and Charles Camarda (right) look at a test panel of insulation material (left) cut in a liquid nitrogen process and a round aft heat seal (right) also treated in a liquid nitrogen process. At left is Mike Leppert, Manufacturing Operations project lead with United Space Alliance. The crew is at KSC for familiarization with Shuttle and mission equipment. The STS-114 mission is Logistics Flight 1, which is scheduled to deliver supplies and equipment, plus the external stowage platform, to the International Space Station.
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date March 5, 2004