STS-111 & Expedition 5 preflight training in the SVMF

JSC2002-00724 (29 March 2002) --- The STS-111 crewmembers and the Expedition Five crewmembers don training versions of the shuttle launch and entry suit prior to a mission training session in one of the trainer/mockups (out of frame) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center (JSC). Seated from the left, the STS-111 crewmembers are astronauts Kenneth D. Cockrell and Paul S. Lockhart, mission commander and pilot, respectively, Philippe Perrin and Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, both mission specialists; along with the Expedition Five crewmembers--astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, flight engineer, and cosmonauts Valeri G. Korzun and Sergei Y. Treschev, mission commander and flight engineer, respectively. Korzun and Treschev represent Rosaviakosmos and Perrin represents CNES, the French Space Agency.

Photographer James Blair