The crew of STS-116 leave from Ellington Field for KSC for prelaunch training

JSC2006-E-49052 (13 Nov. 2006) --- Astronaut Joan E. Higginbotham, STS-116 mission specialist, photographed in the rear station of a NASA T-38 trainer jet at Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center, prepares for a flight to the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Photographer James Blair