STS-119 Astronaut White Room Launch Prep

STS119-S-016 (15 March 2009) --- In the White Room on launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, attired in their shuttle launch and entry suits with harness and parachute pack, astronauts Joseph Acaba (left), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Koichi Wakata (center) and Steve Swanson (seated) talk with the closeout crew as they prepare to go through the open hatch into Space Shuttle Discovery. The White Room is at the end of the orbiter access arm on the fixed service structure and provides access into the shuttle. Liftoff is scheduled for 7:43 p.m. (EDT) on March 15, 2009.