U.S. Senior Airman Robert Trubee, 48th Rescue Squadron

U.S. Senior Airman Robert Trubee, 48th Rescue Squadron para-jumper, checks his rescue kit prior to the space shuttle launch, July 8, Zaragoza Air Base, Spain. As space shuttle Atlantis makes it's final launch into orbit, personnel from DoD, NASA, and the Spanish Air Force work together to prepare for a possible emergency landing at the Transoceanic Abort Landing Site, Zaragoza Air Base, Spain. This particular TAL is one of three primary landing sites within U.S. Air Forces Europe, and this is the 135th mission the U.S. military has supported.