COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Kennedy Center Media Archive Collection
Record
Description:
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. --STS-82 crew members and other onlookers at Launch Pad 39A watch as STS-82 Mission Specialist Steven L. Smith becomes familiar with operation of the slidewire baskets. The slidewire baskets are part of the emergency egress system at the pad. The crew are at KSC to participate in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT), a dress rehearsal for launch. In their blue flight suits, from left, are Payload Commander Mark C. Lee, Smith, Mission Specialist Gregory J. Harbaugh, Mission Commander Kenneth D. Bowersox and Mission Specialist Joseph R. "Joe" Tanner. The seven-member STS-82 crew will conduct the second Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. Liftoff of the 10-day flight is scheduled Feb. 11
Release Date:
01/22/1997
Photo Credit:
NASA
Release:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration John F. Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899
facet_who:
Mark C. Lee
facet_what:
Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
facet_where:
Florida
facet_when:
01-22-1997
facet_when_year:
1997
Photo Number:
KSC-97PC-210
UID:
SPD-KSCMA-KSC-97PC-210
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