These five NASA astronauts and one European Space Agency (ESA) crew member are in training for the 13th flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Donald R. McMonagle (front right) is mission commander, and Curtis L. Brown, Jr. (front center) is pilot. The other crew members are Ellen S. Ochoa, payload commander; Scott E. Parazynski, (rear left) and Joseph R. Tanner (rear center), mission specialists, along with ESA astronaut Jean-François Clervoy (front left), mission specialist. Clervoy, Parazynski and Tanner, members of the 1992 astronaut class, are making their initial flights in space.
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NASA
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These five NASA astronauts and one European Space Agency (ESA) crew member are in training for the 13th flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Donald R. McMonagle (front right) is mission commander, and Curtis L. Brown, Jr. (front center) is pilot. The other crew members are Ellen S. Ochoa, payload commander; Scott E. Parazynski, (rear left) and Joseph R. Tanner (rear center), mission specialists, along with ESA astronaut Jean-François Clervoy (front left), mission specialist. Clervoy, Parazynski and Tanner, members of the 1992 astronaut class, are making their initial flights in space.