kids encyclopedia robot

Image: STS-133 Crew Begins Dress Rehearsal

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Original image(3,000 × 1,996 pixels, file size: 2.99 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Description: At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-133 Commander Steve Lindsey speaks to the media gathered at the Shuttle Landing Facility. From left are Nicole Stott, Michael Barratt, Eric Boe, Tim Kopra and Alvin Drew. The crew is gathered for a practice launch dress rehearsal called the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) in preparation for the upcoming mission. TCDT provides each shuttle crew and launch team with an opportunity to participate in various simulated countdown activities, including equipment familiarization and emergency training.
Title: STS-133 Crew Begins Dress Rehearsal
Credit: NASA Image of the Day
Author: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Permission: See below. Please note that no copyright protection is asserted for this photograph. If a recognizable person appears in this photograph, use for commercial purposes may infringe a right of privacy or publicity. It may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NASA employees of a commercial product, process or service, or used in any other manner that might mislead. Accordingly, it is requested that if this photograph is used in advertising and other commercial promotion, layout and copy be submitted to NASA prior to release.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No

The following page links to this image:

kids search engine