Mission Specialist Claude Nicollier of the European Space Agency (ESA) prepares to enter the orbiter Columbia at Launch Pad 39B to complete the final phase of the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT), a dress rehersal for launch. Awaiting his turn in the foreground is Mission Specialist Jeffrey A. Hoffman. Columbia is being targeted for liftoff on Mission STS-75 on February 22, 1996.
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Mission Specialist Claude Nicollier of the European Space Agency (ESA) prepares to enter the orbiter Columbia at Launch Pad 39B to complete the final phase of the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT), a dress rehersal for launch. Awaiting his turn in the foreground is Mission Specialist Jeffrey A. Hoffman. Columbia is being targeted for liftoff on Mission STS-75 on February 22, 1996.