KSC-01PP-1657 - STS-108 backup crew member Padalka in an M-113 


KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Joining the STS-108 crew and Expedition
4 crew, cosmonaut Gennadi Padalka is ready to practice driving an
M-113 armored personnel carrier. Padalka completed training in 2000
for a space flight on Soyuz-TM transport vehicle as a commander of an
ISS contingency crew and is part of a backup crew for the Expedition
4.  STS-108 is a Utilization Flight that will carry the replacement
Expedition 4 crew to the International Space Station, as well as the
Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello, filled with supplies and
equipment.  The l1-day mission is scheduled for launch Nov. 29 on
Space Shuttle Endeavour.

 
                                               11/07/2001