The STS-78 flight crew speaks to the news media after arriving at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility to participate in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). From left are Alternate Payload Specialist Luca Urbani, Italian Space Agency (ASI); Payload Specialist Robert Brent Thirsk, Canadian Space Agency (CSA); Mission Specialists Charles E. Brady, Jr. and Richard M. Linnehan; Payload Commander Susan J. Helms; Mission Commander Terence T. "Tom" Henricks; Pilot Kevin R. Kregel; Payload Specialist Jean-Jacques Favier, French Space Agency (CNES); and Alternate Payload Specialist Pedro Duque, European Space Agency (ESA).
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The STS-78 flight crew speaks to the news media after arriving at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility to participate in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). From left are Alternate Payload Specialist Luca Urbani, Italian Space Agency (ASI); Payload Specialist Robert Brent Thirsk, Canadian Space Agency (CSA); Mission Specialists Charles E. Brady, Jr. and Richard M. Linnehan; Payload Commander Susan J. Helms; Mission Commander Terence T. "Tom" Henricks; Pilot Kevin R. Kregel; Payload Specialist Jean-Jacques Favier, French Space Agency (CNES); and Alternate Payload Specialist Pedro Duque, European Space Agency (ESA).