The STS-73 flight crew departs the Operations and Checkout Building. From left are Mission Specialist Catherine G. Coleman; Payload Specialist Albert Sacco Jr.; Payload Commander Kathryn C. Thornton; Mission Specialist Michael E. Lopez-Alegria; Pilot Kent V. Rominger (with mustache); Payload Specialist Fred W. Leslie; and Mission Commander Kenneth D. Bowersox. Awaiting the crew at Launch Pad 39B is the Space Shuttle Columbia, set to lift off during a launch window opening at 9:50 a.m. EDT. This will be the seventh launch attempt for this mission.
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The STS-73 flight crew departs the Operations and Checkout Building. From left are Mission Specialist Catherine G. Coleman; Payload Specialist Albert Sacco Jr.; Payload Commander Kathryn C. Thornton; Mission Specialist Michael E. Lopez-Alegria; Pilot Kent V. Rominger (with mustache); Payload Specialist Fred W. Leslie; and Mission Commander Kenneth D. Bowersox. Awaiting the crew at Launch Pad 39B is the Space Shuttle Columbia, set to lift off during a launch window opening at 9:50 a.m. EDT. This will be the seventh launch attempt for this mission.