Orbiter: Atlantis
Shuttle Mission: STS-112
Date: October 7, 2002

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – Three days before their scheduled launch aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis, the six-member STS-112 crew arrived at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility for final launch preparations. The crew is commanded by Jeff Ashby and piloted by Pam Melroy. Mission specialists include: David Wolf, Piers Sellers, Sandra Magnus and Fyodor Yurchikhin. On STS-112, Atlantis will carry the S1 Truss, the first starboard segment in the International Space Station's massive backbone. Astronauts Wolf and Sellers will participate in three spacewalks to install the S1 Truss to the Station's central truss segment, S-Zero. As the clock ticks down toward liftoff, the crew will spend time their remaining time reviewing their flight plans and flying in the Shuttle Training Aircraft, a plane outfitted with a cockpit like that of the Shuttle.