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With the Space Shuttle Atlantis as a backdrop, STS-79 Mission Specialist John E. Blaha answers questions posed by reporters at Launch Pad 39A. Blaha is embarking on his fifth spaceflight. He and the other five members of the STS-79 crew, Commander William F. Readdy, Pilot Terrence W. Wilcutt and Mission Specialists Jay Apt, Carl E. Walz, and Tom Akers, 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.