KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Some of the STS-121 crew practices getting into a slidewire basket on Launch Pad 39B. At left is Mission Specialist Lisa Nowak; in front of her is Mission Specialist Michael Fossum. In the background are Commander Steven Lindsey and Mission Specialists Stephanie Wilson, Thomas Reiter and Piers Sellers. The crew is at Kennedy for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, including emergency egress training from the pad. They will also suit up in their orange flight suits for a simulated countdown to launch. Discovery is designated to launch July 1 on mission STS-121. It will carry supplies to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date June 14, 2006