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Under the watchful eye of Capt. George Hoggard, trainer with the KSC Fire Department, STS-95 crew members participate in training on the M-113, a small armored personnel carrier, that is part of emergency egress training. Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown (front right) takes his turn in the driver's seat. Behind him are other crew members Payload Specialist John H. Glenn, Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain (behind Glenn), then (left to right) Pilot Steven W. Lindsey, Mission Specialists Stephen K. Robinson and Scott E. Parazynski. Duque represents the European Space Agency (ESA). The tracked vehicle could be used by the crew in the event of an emergency at the pad during which the crew must make a quick exit from the area. The STS-95 crew is at KSC to participate in a Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) which also includes mission familiarization activities and a simulated main engine cut-off exercise. The other member on the mission is Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA). STS-95, which is targeted for launch on Oct. 29, 1998, includes research payloads such as the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, as well as the SPACEHAB single module with experiments on space flight and the aging process