JSC2007-E-08815 (7 Feb. 2007) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli (left), STS-120 mission specialist, and astronaut Daniel M. Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, converse as they await the start of a post insertion/de-orbit training session in one of the full-scale trainers (out of frame) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. Nespoli and Tani are wearing training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suit. Tani will join Expedition 16 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station aboard Atlantis on mission STS-120 and is scheduled to return home aboard Discovery on mission STS-122.
Photographer Mark Sowa