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With the Space Shuttle Atlantis as a backdrop, the six members of the STS-79 crew pose for a photograph at Launch Pad 39A. From left, are Mission Specialists Jay Apt and Carl E. Walz, Pilot Terrence W. Wilcutt, Commander William F. Readdy, and Mission Specialists Tom Akers and John E. Blaha. 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.