JSC2010-E-039296 (10 March 2010) --- NASA astronaut Alan Poindexter (left), STS-131 commander, speaks to a crowd during a cake-cutting ceremony in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Also pictured from the second left are NASA astronauts James P. Dutton Jr., pilot; Rick Mastracchio, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Stephanie Wilson, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency?s Naoko Yamazaki and NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson, all mission specialists.
Photographer LAUREN HARNETT
Date March 10, 2010