KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - With a video camera trained on him, STS-115 Mission Specialist Daniel Burbank takes his turn driving the M-113 armored personnel carrier. Also along for the ride are Mission Specialist Daniel Burbank, Capt. George Hoggard, who is astronaut rescue team leader, and Mission Specialist Steven MacLean, who represents the Canadian Space Agency. The STS-115 crew are at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities such as the M-113 training. They will also practice emergency egress from the launch pad and take part in a simulated launch countdown. Liftoff of mission STS-115 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled in a window beginning Aug. 27. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date August 8, 2006