{author} National Aeronautics and Space Administration (taken by
Bionetics)
{captionsby} Sherikon Space Systems (Paula Shawa, Susan Walsh and Chuck
Weirauch)
{category} SHUTTLE.sts-89
{date} 10-Jan-1998
{description} The crew of the STS-89 mission, scheduled for launch Jan. 22
aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour from pad 39A at Kennedy Space
Center (KSC), participated in the Terminal Countdown
Demonstration Test (TCDT) at KSC. Simulating the walk-out from
the Operations and Checkout Building before entering a van to
take them to the launch pad are (front to back, left to right)
Pilot Joe Edwards Jr.; Commander Terrence Wilcutt; and Mission
Specialists Bonnie Dunbar, Ph.D., Michael Anderson, Salizhan
Sharipov of the Russian Space Agency, Andrew Thomas, Ph.D., and
James Reilly, Ph.D. The TCDT is held at KSC prior to each Space
Shuttle flight to provide the crew of each mission with an
opportunity to participate in simulated countdown activities. The
TCDT ends with a mock launch countdown culminating in a simulated
main engine cut-off. The crew also spends time undergoing
emergency egress training exercises at the pad and has an
opportunity to view and inspect the payloads in the orbiter's
payload bay.
{highres} 1800 x 2280
{highsize} 971455
{hightype} JPEG
{keywords} SHUTTLE,sts-89
{lasteditor} M.
Downs
{lowres} 189 x 240
{lowsize} 35970
{lowtype} GIF
{mediumres} 606 x 768
{mediumsize} 110953
{mediumtype} JPEG
{number} KSC-98PC-0131
{scannedby} Bionetics and NASA/KSC Internet Lab (Dumoulin, Downs)
{slideres} 121 x 156
{slidesize} 27464
{slidetype} GIF
{tinyres} 79 x 100
{tinysize} 11956
{tinytype} GIF
{title} STS-89 TCDT activities at KSC
{type} Image
{end}