Preflight Coverage of the STS-112 and Expedition 8 Crew during Egress Training

JSC2002-01549 (8 August 2002) --- Johnson Space Center�s (JSC) Director Jefferson Davis Howell, Jr. (left), the STS-116 and Expedition Eight crewmembers exchange greetings during a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at JSC. Front to back are cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, astronaut William S. (Bill) McArthur, Jr., both Expedition Eight flight engineers; astronauts C. Michael Foale, Expedition Eight mission commander; Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., Christer Fuglesang, both STS-116 mission specialists; and William A. Oefelein (out of view), STS-116 pilot. Astronaut Terrence W. Wilcutt, STS-116 mission commander, is standing at far left. Fuglesang represents the European Space Agency (ESA) and Tokarev represents Rosaviakosmos.