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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Capt. George Hoggard (left) of the KSC/CCAS Fire Department gives instruction to STS-101 Mission Specialist Yury Usachev (right) in the driver seat of an M-113 personnel carrier. The training is part of Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities that include emergency egress training and a simulated launch countdown. Other crew members taking part are Commander James D. Halsell Jr., Pilot Scott J. "Doc" Horowitz and Mission Specialists Mary Ellen Weber, James Voss, Jeffrey N. Williams and Susan Helms. During their mission to the International Space Station, the STS-101 crew will be delivering logistics and supplies, plus preparing the Station for the arrival of the Zvezda Service Module, expected to be launched by Russia in July 2000. Also, the crew will conduct one space walk to perform maintenance on the Space Station. This will be the third assembly flight for the Space Station. STS-101 is scheduled to launch April 24 at 4:15 p.m. from Launch Pad 39A