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Commander Gets Ready
At Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-131 Commander Alan Poindexter, in the orange suit, prepares to enter space shuttle Discovery from the pad's White Room during the practice countdown known as the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, or TCDT.
March 5, 2010
Photo courtesy of Scott Andrews