Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Kennedy Center Media Archive Collection
Description:
The STS-89 crew pose at Kennedy Space Center?s (KSC?s) Shuttle Landing Facility after flying in from NASA?s Johnson Space Center to begin Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities. The TCDT is held at KSC prior to each Space Shuttle flight to provide crews with the opportunity to participate in simulated countdown activities. Endeavour is targeted for launch of STS-89 on Jan. 22 at 9:48 p.m. EST. From left to right are Mission Specialists Salizhan Sharipov, of the Russian Space Agency, Bonnie Dunbar, Ph.D., and James Reilly, Ph.D.; Commander Terrence Wilcutt; Mission Specialist Andrew Thomas, Ph.D.; Pilot Joe Edwards Jr.; and Mission Specialist Michael Anderson. Mission STS-89 will be the first mission of 1998 and the eighth to dock with Russia?s Mir Space Station, where Thomas will succeed David Wolf, M.D., who has been on Mir since September 28. The STS-89 mission is scheduled to last nine days
Release Date:
01/07/1998
Photo Credit:
NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Release:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899
facet_who:
Andrew Thomas
facet_who:
David Wolf
facet_who:
Joe Edwards
facet_who:
Salizhan Sharipov
facet_who:
Terrence Wilcutt
facet_what:
Opportunity
facet_what:
Russian Mir Space Station
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_where:
Florida
facet_where:
Russia
facet_where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_where:
Washington, D.C.
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_when:
1998
facet_when:
01-07-1998
facet_when_year:
1998
Photo Number:
KSC-98PC-114
UID:
SPD-KSCMA-KSC-98PC-1 14
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The STS-89 crew pose at Kennedy Space Center?s (KSC?s) Shuttle Landing Facility afte…