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Theme : Astronauts - Astronauts training  (1725 images)

Title : STS95 Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai

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(10/28/1998) --- STS-95 Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, with the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), Pilot Steven W. Lindsey and Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio, share a light moment while visiting with their families on Launch Pad 39B. In the background, at right, is Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson. The crew were making final preparations for launch, targeted for liftoff at 2 p.m. on Oct. 29. Other crew members not shown are Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr., Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain, with the European Space Agency (ESA), and Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski. The STS-95 mission is expected to last 8 days, 21 hours and 49 minutes, returning to KSC at 11:49 a.m. EST on Nov. 7