KSC-00PP-1462 - STS-92 crew arrives at KSC for launch  


STS-92 Commander Brian Duffy is happy to return to KSC for the launch
of Space Shuttle Discovery on Oct. 5. . He and other crew members
Pilot Pamela Ann Melroy and Mission Specialists Koichi Wakata of
Japan, Leroy Chiao, Peter J.K . Wisoff, Michael E. Lopez-Alegria and
William S. McArthur Jr. expressed their eagerness to launch to a
waiting group of media at the Shuttle Landing Facility. The mission is
the fifth flight for the construction of the International Space
Station. The payload includes the Integrated Truss Structure Z-1 and
the third Pressurized Mating Adapter. During the 11-day mission, four
extravehicular activities (EVAs), or space walks, are planned.

 
                                               10/01/2000