The crew listen to instructions on use of the slidewire basket for emergency exit from the orbiter at the pad.

During training at the launch pad, the STS-104 crew listen to instructions on use of the slidewire basket for emergency exit from the orbiter at the pad. Standing left to right are Commander Steven W. Lindsey, Mission Specialists Michael L. Gernhardt, Janet Lynn Kavandi and James F. Reilly, and Pilot Charles O. Hobaugh. The training is part of Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, which also include opportunities to inspect their mission payloads in the orbiter’s payload bay and simulated countdown exercises. The launch of Atlantis on mission STS-104 is scheduled July 12 from Launch Pad 39B. The mission is the 10th flight to the International Space Station and carries the Joint Airlock Module