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| JSC2000-04069 (12 May 2000) --- Cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko (second
left), ISS Expedition One Soyuz commander, recruits the aid of astronaut
Andrew S.W. Thomas (second right) in putting final touches on his suit-up
process as cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, Expedition One flight engineer, looks
on. They are on the mid deck of the crew compartment trainer (CCT) at the
Johnson Space Center's Systems Integration Facility. This type training
is designed to prepare the crew members for emergency ejection or egress
from a shuttle in trouble. The first crew to man the ISS, which includes
these two cosmonauts along with U.S. astronaut William Shepherd, mission
commander, will use the Space Shuttle Discovery to return to Earth once
their expedition tour is complete. |
