KSC-98EC-0597 - STS-91 Commander Precourt participates in TCDT activities  


STS-91 Mission Commander Charles Precourt participates in Terminal
Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities. The TCDT is a dress
rehearsal for launch. STS-91 is scheduled to be launched on June 2
with a launch window opening around 6:10 p.m. EDT. The mission will
feature the ninth Shuttle docking with the Russian Space Station Mir,
the first Mir docking for Discovery, the conclusion of Phase I of the
joint U.S.-Russian International Space Station Program, and the first
flight of the new Space Shuttle super lightweight external tank. The
STS-91 flight crew also includes Pilot Dominic Gorie and Mission
Specialists Wendy B.  Lawrence; Franklin Chang-Diaz, Ph.D.; Janet
Kavandi, Ph.D.; and Valery Ryumin, with the Russian Space
Agency. Andrew Thomas, Ph.D., will be returning to Earth with the crew
after living more than four months aboard Mir.

 
                                               05/06/98