
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The STS-127 crew members stand at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A for a question-and-answer session with the media. Mission Specialist Julie Payette talks about her role in the upcoming mission to the International Space Station. At left is Pilot Doug Hurley; at right is Mission Specialist Tom Marshburn. Payette represents the Canadian Space Agency. The crew is at Kennedy for a launch dress rehearsal called the terminal countdown demonstration test, or TCDT, which includes emergency egress training and equipment familiarization. Space shuttle Endeavour's STS-127 mission is the final of three flights dedicated to the assembly of the Japanese Kibo laboratory complex on the International Space Station. Endeavour's launch is targeted for June 13. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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June 3, 2009
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