KSC-00PP-1463 - STS-92 crew arrives at KSC for launch  


For STS-92 Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata of Japan, arrival at KSC
for launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on Oct. 5 is a thumbs-up
experience. He and other crew members Commander Brian Duffy, Pilot
Pamela Ann Melroy and Mission Specialists 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