KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Members of the Final Inspection Team pose for a group portrait following their return from Launch Pad 39B where they were supporting an External Tank (ET) tanking test. From left are Robert Speece, NASA; Ray Brewer; United Space Alliance; Mike Payne, NASA; Scott Otto, Lockheed Martin; John Blue, NASA; Doug Powell, Lockheed Martin; William Duckworth, United Space Alliance; and Jorge Rivera, NASA. This team conducts a preflight walkdown of the vehicle and pad during the hold at T-3 hours on launch day. The tanking test is designed to evaluate how the tank, orbiter, solid rocket boosters and ground systems perform under 'cryo-load,' when the tank is filled with the two ultra-low-temperature propellants. The tank filling and draining portion of the test takes about 11 hours. The test also includes a simulated countdown through the hold at T-31 seconds. The test is being conducted to troubleshoot two issues identified by a tanking test held on April 14. Data is

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Members of the Final Inspection Team pose for a group portrait following their return from Launch Pad 39B where they were supporting an External Tank (ET) tanking test. From left are Robert Speece, NASA; Ray Brewer; United Space Alliance; Mike Payne, NASA; Scott Otto, Lockheed Martin; John Blue, NASA; Doug Powell, Lockheed Martin; William Duckworth, United Space Alliance; and Jorge Rivera, NASA. This team conducts a preflight walkdown of the vehicle and pad during the hold at T-3 hours on launch day. The tanking test is designed to evaluate how the tank, orbiter, solid rocket boosters and ground systems perform under 'cryo-load,' when the tank is filled with the two ultra-low-temperature propellants. The tank filling and draining portion of the test takes about 11 hours. The test also includes a simulated countdown through the hold at T-31 seconds. The test is being conducted to troubleshoot two issues identified by a tanking test held on April 14. Data is
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