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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-128 crew members have completed emergency exit training on Launch Pad 39A. Standing in front of an M-113 armored personnel carrier are, from left, Pilot Kevin Ford, Mission Specialist John "Danny" Olivas, Commander Rick Sturckow, and Mission Specialists Patrick Forrester, Nicole Stott, Christer Fuglesang and Jose Hernandez. Fuglesang represents the European Space Agency. The crew is at Kennedy for a launch dress rehearsal called the terminal countdown demonstration test, or TCDT, which includes emergency exit training and equipment familiarization, as well as a simulated launch countdown. Discovery will deliver 33,000 pounds of equipment to the station, including science and storage racks, a freezer to store research samples, a new sleeping compartment and the COLBERT treadmill. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett