PREFLIGHT (DEPARTURE) - STS-2 - ELLINGTON AFB (EAFB), TX

S82-28700 (20 March 1982) --- Astronauts Jack R. Lousma, left, and C. Gordon Fullerton pause for a moment at Ellington Air Force Base prior to their departure in T-38 aircraft to get to NASA?s Kennedy Space Center in time for last minute preparations for their Monday morning launch in the STS-3 space shuttle Columbia. Ellington Air Force Base is just a few miles north of the LBJ Space Center. Photo credit: NASA