KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-121 Commander Steven Lindsey gets a close look at the wing leading edge of Discovery, the launch vehicle for the mission. He and other crew members -- Pilot Mark Kelly and Mission Specialists Lisa Nowak, Stephanie Wilson, Michael Fossum and Piers Sellers -- are at Kennedy for a crew equipment interface test, which provides hands-on experience with equipment they will use on orbit. Launch of STS-121, the second return-to-flight mission, is scheduled for no earlier than May. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date February 17, 2006