Astronauts Thomas K. (Ken) Mattingly II, center foreground, and Henry W. Hartsfield Jr., both wearing pressure garments, leave the operations and checkout building at KSC to board a special van that will take them to Launch Pad 39A for a rehearsal for their liftoff. Accompanying the pair are astronaut John W. Young (blue flight suit), chief of the astronaut office at JSC; Richard W. Nygren of the vehicle integration test team (VITT); and James O. Schlosser, space suit engineer.
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Astronauts Thomas K. (Ken) Mattingly II, center foreground, and Henry W. Hartsfield Jr., both wearing pressure garments, leave the operations and checkout building at KSC to board a special van that will take them to Launch Pad 39A for a rehearsal for their liftoff. Accompanying the pair are astronaut John W. Young (blue flight suit), chief of the astronaut office at JSC; Richard W. Nygren of the vehicle integration test team (VITT); and James O. Schlosser, space suit engineer.