KSC-02PD-0298 - STS-110 crew in M-113 personnel carrier during TCDT 


KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With fellow crew members Mission
Specialists Rex Walheim and Ellen Ochoa (waving her arm) and a trainer
aboard, STS-110 Pilot Stephen Frick stirs up dust behind the M-113
armored personnel carrier as he practices driving it. The training is
part of Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, which
include emergency egress training and a simulated launch
countdown. The TCDT is held at KSC prior to each Space Shuttle
flight. Scheduled for launch April 4, the 11-day mission will feature
Shuttle Atlantis docking with the International Space Station (ISS)
and delivering the S0 truss, the centerpiece-segment of the primary
truss structure that will eventually extend over 300 feet.

 
                                               03/18/2002