KSC-98EC-0598 - STS-91 Mission Specialist Kavandi participates in TCDT activities  


STS-91 Mission Specialist Janet Kavandi, Ph.D., 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 Commander Charles Precourt; Pilot
Dominic Gorie; and Mission Specialists Wendy B. Lawrence; Franklin
Chang-Diaz, 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