KSC-01PP-1347 - STS-105 and Expedition Three crews head to pad for simulated countdown 


KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The STS-105 and Expedition Three crews wave to onlookers as they head for the 
Astrovan to take them to Launch Pad 39A and a simulated launch countdown. From left to right are cosmonaut 
Vladimir Nikolaevich Dezhurov, Commander Frank Culbertson and cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin. Ahead of them are Mission 
Specialists Patrick Forrester and Dan Barry, Pilot Rick Sturckow and Commander Scott Horowitz. Both crews are at 
Kennedy Space Center participating in a Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, a dress rehearsal for launch. The 
activities also include emergency egress training and familiarization with the payload. Mission STS-105 will be 
transporting the Expedition Three crew, several payloads and scientific experiments to the International Space 
Station aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. The Expedition Two crew members currently on the Station will return to 
Earth on Discovery. The mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than Aug. 9, 2001

 
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