KSC-96EC-0765 - STS-78 crew group photo on Pad 39B 


The STS-78 flight crew and two alternates pose for a group portrait
next to the Space Shuttle Columbia at Launch Pad 39B.  From left are
Mission Specialist Charles E. Brady, Jr.; Pilot Kevin R. Kregel;
Alternate Payload Specialist Luca Urbani (Italian Space Agency);
Payload Specialist Jean-Jacques Favier (French Space Agency); Payload
Commander Susan J. Helms; Mission Commander Terence "Tom" Henricks;
Payload Specialists Robert "Bob" Brent Thirsk (Canadian Space Agency);
Mission Specialist Richard M. Linnehan; and Alternate Payload
Specialist Pedro Duque (European Space Agency).  The crew is at KSC
for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT), a dress
rehearsal for launch.

 
                                               06/05/96