STS-72 Crew standing outside Endeavour at Launch Pad

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STS-72 Crew standing outside Endeavour at Launch Pad

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The STS-72 astronauts stand outside the Space Shuttle Endeavour at Launch Pad 39B. From left are Mission Specialist Winston E. Scott; Pilot Brent W. Jett; Mission Specialists Koichi Wakata, who represents the National Space Development Agency of Japan and Daniel T. Barry; Commander Brian Duffy; and Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao. The flight crew is at KSC participating in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, a dress rehearsal for launch. Endeavour is scheduled to begin the 1996 Shuttle launch schedule with a Jan. 11 liftoff.
NASA Identifier: NIX-KSC-95PC-1807

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