{author}        National Aeronautics and Space Administration (taken by
                Bionetics)

{captionsby}    Sherikon Space Systems (Paula Shawa, Susan Walsh and Chuck
                Weirauch)

{category}      SHUTTLE.sts-69

{date}          07-Sep-1995

{description}   A pack of astronauts that run under the banner Dog Crew II heads
                for the stars. Liftoff of the Space Shuttle Endeavour from Launch
                Pad 39A occurred at 11:09:00.052 a.m. EDT, Sept. 7, 1995. "Every
                dog has its day and today is your day," KSC Orbiter Test
                Conductor Roger Gillette pledged to STS-69 Mission Commander
                David M. Walker, Pilot Kenneth D. Cockrell, Payload Commander
                James S. Voss and Mission Specialists Michael L. Gernhardt and
                James H. Newman prior to launch. The STS-69 astronaut crew
                developed a strong sense of comaraderie as they went through
                their flight training, and dubbed themselves the Dog Crew II to
                carry on a tradition that arose during an earlier Shuttle flight
                -- STS-53 -- to which both Voss and Walker were assigned. Each
                crew member adopted a dog-theme name: Walker is Red Dog;
                Cockrell, Cujo; Voss, Dogface; Newman, Pluto; and Gernhardt, the
                only space rookie, Underdog. A special patch, featuring a bulldog
                in a doghouse shaped like the Space Shuttle, was designed for the
                astronauts and other flight team members to wear. The Dog Crew II
                is embarking on an 11-day multifaceted mission featuring two
                free-flying scientific research spacecraft as well as a host of
                experiments in both the payload bay and the middeck. Also
                scheduled is an extravehicular activity, or spacewalk.

{highres}       1749 x 2229

{highsize}      209976

{hightype}      JPEG

{keywords}      SHUTTLE,sts-69

{lasteditor}    <A HREF=http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/persons/other/mtd.html>M.
                Downs</a>

{lowres}        188 x 240

{lowsize}       28555

{lowtype}       GIF

{mediumres}     603 x 768

{mediumsize}    54497

{mediumtype}    JPEG

{number}        KSC-95PC-1294

{scannedby}     Bionetics and NASA/KSC Internet Lab (<A
                HREF="http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/persons/nasa-
                cm/jmd.html">Dumoulin</a>, <A
                HREF="http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/persons/other/mtd.html">Downs</a>,
                <A HREF="http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/persons/nasa-
                cm/tnn.html">Nguyen</a> and <A
                HREF="http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/persons/nasa-cm/hec.html">Cody</a>)

{slideres}      121 x 156

{slidesize}     27464

{slidetype}     GIF

{tinyres}       78 x 100

{tinysize}      11837

{tinytype}      GIF

{title}         STS-69 Clears the tower

{type}          Image

{end}