JSC2006-E-49051 (13 Nov. 2006) --- Astronauts William A. (Bill) Oefelein (right), STS-116 pilot, and Christer Fuglesang, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA), go through a pre-flight check of the systems of a NASA T-38 jet trainer at Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center prior to a flight to the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Photographer James Blair