CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Members of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 crew are instructed on the operation of the emergency escape slidewire baskets at Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left are Commander Charles O. Hobaugh; Pilot Barry E. Wilmore; and Mission Specialists Randy Bresnik, Mike Foreman, Leland Melvin and Robert L. Satcher Jr. The crew members of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission are at Kennedy for training related to their launch dress rehearsal, the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. Launch of Atlantis on its STS-129 mission to the International Space Station is targeted for Nov. 16. For information on the STS-129 mission objectives and crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts129/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
KSC-2009-5604
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date October 20, 2009