Astronaut Gregory in T-38 rear cockpit at Ellington Field

STS029–S-002 (10 March 1989) --- Astronaut Frederick Gregory, STS-33 mission commander, prepares to fly to Florida in a NASA T-38 jet aircraft. He's part of a group of JSC personnel in various NASA aircraft, accompanying the flight crew en route to the Kennedy Space Center launch facility. The second post-Challenger flight of Discovery is scheduled for a 8:07 a.m. (EST) launch on March 13.