STS-69 crew outside Endeavour during TCDT

STS-69 crew members wear broad smiles as they pose for a group photograph outside the crew hatch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The crew is participating in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT), a dress rehearsal for the launch targetd for Aug. 5. From left, are Mission Commander David M. Walker; Mission Specialists Michael L. Gernhardt and James H. Newman; Payload Commander James S. Voss and Pilot Kenneth D. Cockrell. Primary objectives of the mission are the deployment, retrieval and operation of the Wake Shield Facility (WSF) satellite on its second flight and the SPARTAN-201 spacecraft which is making its third flight.
NASA Identifier: NIX-KSC-95PC-1032