KSC-01PP-1202 - STS-104 Commander Lindsey arrives at KSC for TCDT  


KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- STS-104 Commander Steven W. Lindsey arrives in a T-38 jet
aircraft at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility to take part in Terminal Countdown Demonstration
Test (TCDT) Activities. The TCDT provides the crew with emergency egress training,
opportunities to inspect their mission payloads in Space Shuttle Atlantiss payload bay, and
simulated countdown exercises.  Other crew members participating are Pilot Charles O. Hobaugh
and Mission Specialists Janet Lynn Kavandi, Michael L. Gernhardt and James F. Reilly.  The
launch of Atlantis on mission STS-104 is scheduled no earlier than July 12 from Launch Pad
39B.  The mission is the 10th flight to the International Space Station and carries the Joint
Airlock Module.  

 
                                               06/26/2001