STS-116 payload egress training

JSC2005-E-32783 (1 Aug. 2005) --- Attired in training versions of the shuttle launch and entry suit, the STS-116 crew and an Expedition 14 crewmember pose for a group photo prior to a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center. From the left are astronauts Robert L. Curbeam, mission specialist; Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer; William A. Oefelein, pilot; Mark L. Polansky, commander; Joan E. Higginbotham, Nicholas J.M. Patrick and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, all mission specialists. Williams will join Expedition 14 in progress and serve as a flight engineer after traveling to the station on space shuttle mission STS-116. The full fuselage trainer (FFT), which is a full-scale mockup of a shuttle, is visible in the background.