STS-70 preflight crew portrait

STS070-S-002 (May 1995) --- These five NASA astronauts are in training for the STS-70 mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. Left to right are astronauts Kevin R. Kregel, Nancy J. Currie, Terence T. (Tom) Henricks, Mary Ellen Weber and Donald A. Thomas. Henricks and Kregel are commander and pilot, respectively. The other three are mission specialists. Among the tasks they are expected to perform is the deployment of another satellite in the network of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS).