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Theme : Astronauts - Astronauts training  (1725 images)

Title : Flanked by a solid rocket booster and external tank at left

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(11/04/1998) --- Flanked by a solid rocket booster and external tank at left, STS-88 crew members pose for a group photograph near the top of the Fixed Service Structure at Launch Pad 39A. They are (front to back) Mission Commander Robert D. Cabana, Mission Specialist Nancy J. Currie, Pilot Frederick W. 'Rick' Sturckow, Mission Specialists Jerry L. Ross, James H. Newman, and (at right) Sergei Krikalev, a Russian cosmonaut. The crew are at KSC to participate in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT), a dress rehearsal for launch. Mission STS-88 is targeted for launch on Dec. 3, 1998. It is the first U.S. flight for the assembly of the International Space Station and will carry the Unity connecting module