DAVE WILLIAMS: Great shot of Steve adjusting his harnesses using the handholds in the overhead panel
to help him position himself for the closeout crew to strap him into position.
And we can see Thomas Reiter off in the background, getting the protective covers removed from his boots. He has his
communications cap assembly in place.
Typically, what we do is, we put the commander on the vehicle first, and then we'll start putting crew members on the mid-deck,
and we'll balance it back and forth, so there's an even flow between putting crew members on the flight deck and on the mid-deck.
So, Mark will join Commander Scott Lindsey on the flight deck. He, of course, will be sitting on the right-hand
side of the flight deck. And we can see a great shot of Pilot Mark Kelly climbing into the pilot seat on the flight deck
of Discovery here this morning. Nice sun rays coming in through the window, and hopefully the weather will clear up
today for a launch attempt at 15:26, or 3:26 Eastern time this afternoon.
Got a great shot on the mid-deck of Stephanie Wilson climbing up into seat five, and of course she'll reach up to grab onto
the handrails that are attached to the mid-deck lockers to help her maneuver into position.
And in the White Room, we have astronaut Piers Sellers now has joined Mike Fossum, and Piers is getting the protective covers
removed from his boots. His harness is in place and they'll be joining their colleagues on the Space Shuttle Discovery.
And we can see Mike climbing across, sitting on the MS-2 seat as he gets himself into position in the MS-1 seat.
Of course, when you get into space, one of the first things that we do in that very busy post-insertion timeframe is take all
the seats down. The crew has to get out of their orange aces suits that we use during the ascent and entry phase of flight.
And you'll notice that as Lisa gets into position, she's going to reach up and grab onto the back of Commander Steve Lindsey's
seat and Pilot Mark Kelly's seat, helping her orient her body to get strapped in horizontally.