{number}        KSC-99PP-1310

{type}          Image

{category}      SHUTTLE.sts-103

{title}         STS-103 M.S. John Grunsfeld during TCDT activities 

{date}          15-Nov-1999 

{author}        National Aeronautics and Space Administration (taken by Aerospace Imaging/Johnson Controls)

{keywords}      SHUTTLE,sts-103

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{scannedby}     Seven/Still Photo Imaging 

{captionsby}    Information Dynamics, Inc (Kay Grinter, Anita Barrett, and Elaine Liston)

{lasteditor}    <A HREF=http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/persons/nasa-cm/jmd.html>J. Dumoulin</a>

{description}      
   STS-103 Mission Specialist John M. Grunsfeld (Ph.D.) gets ready to
   take the wheel of a small armored personnel carrier that is part of
   emergency egress training during Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test
   (TCDT) activities. The tracked vehicle could be used by the crew in
   the event of an emergency at the pad during which the crew must make a
   quick exit from the area. The TCDT also provides simulated countdown
   exercises and opportunities to inspect the mission payloads in the
   orbiter's payload bay. STS-103 is a "call-up" mission due to the need
   to replace and repair portions of the Hubble Space Telescope. Although
   Hubble is operating normally and conducting its scientific
   observations, only three of its six gyroscopes are working
   properly. Four EVA's are planned to make the necessary repairs and
   replacements on the telescope. The other STS-103 crew members are
   Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr., Pilot Scott J. Kelly, Steven L. Smith,
   C. Michael Foale (Ph.D.), (Ph.D.), and Claude Nicollier of Switzerland
   and Jean-Frangois Clervoy of France, who are with the European Space
   Agency. The mission is targeted for launch Dec. 6 at 2:37 a.m. EST.