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With the Space Shuttle Atlantis as a backdrop, the six members of the STS-79 crew answer questions posed by reporters at Launch Pad 39A. From left are Commander William F. Readdy, Pilot Terrence W. Wilcutt, and Mission Specialists Tom Akers, John E. Blaha, Carl E. Walz, and Jay Apt. The astronauts are at KSC for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT), a dress rehearsal for the launch targeted for mid-September. STS-79 will be the fourth Shuttle-Mir docking and the first flight of the SPACEHAB Double Module.