KSC-96EC-0753 - STS-78 crew arrive for TCDT 


The STS-78 flight crew speaks to the news media after arriving at KSC's 
Shuttle Landing Facility to participate in the Terminal Countdown 
Demonstration Test (TCDT).  From left are Alternate Payload Specialist Luca 
Urbani, Italian Space Agency (ASI); Payload Specialist Robert Brent Thirsk, 
Canadian Space Agency (CSA); Mission Specialists Charles E. Brady, Jr.  and 
Richard M. Linnehan; Payload Commander Susan J. Helms; Mission Commander 
Terence T. "Tom" Henricks; Pilot Kevin R. Kregel; Payload Specialist 
Jean-Jacques Favier, French Space Agency (CNES); and Alternate Payload 
Specialist Pedro Duque, European Space Agency (ESA).

 
                                               06/03/96