KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- At launch pad 39A, the STS-88 crew pose for a photograph after Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities. From left, they are Mission Specialist Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev, a Russian cosmonaut; Pilot Frederick W. "Rick" Sturckow; Mission Specialist James H. Newman; Mission Commander Robert D. Cabana; Mission Specialist Jerry L. Ross; and Mission Specialist Nancy J. Currie. Mission STS-88 is targeted for launch on Dec. 3, 1998. It is the first U.S. flight for the assembly of the International Space Station and will carry the Unity connecting module
Location Kennedy Space Center, FL
Date November 4, 1998