T-38 jets are lined up on the tarmac of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew members of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission were among the pilots and passengers. The crew has arrived 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 November. 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/Kim Shiflett