KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A Shuttle Training Aircraft, piloted by STS-98 Commander Ken Cockrell, taxis into line at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility. The cockpit of the plane is outfitted like the Shuttle, which provides practice at the controls, especially for landing. The STS-98 crew recently arrived at KSC to prepare for their launch Feb. 7 to the International Space Station. The seventh construction flight to the Space Station, it will carry the Laboratory Destiny, a key module for space experiments

---

Size: 2670px × 2003px
Photo credit: © NASA/piemags / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: .