Battalion Chief George Hoggard instructs members of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 crew on safety procedures at Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left are Mission Specialists Randy Bresnik, Robert L. Satcher Jr., and Leland Melvin; Commander Charles O. Hobaugh; Mission Specialist Mike Foreman; and Pilot Barry E. Wilmore.
The crew members of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission are at Kennedy for training related to their launch dress rehearsal, the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. Launch of Atlantis on its STS-129 mission to the International Space Station is targeted for Nov. 16. For information on the STS-129 mission objectives and crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts129/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann