Commander Mark Polansky will be the first to enter the orbiter as is traditionally the custom for the shuttle commander.
Mark Polansky is a veteran of two previous space flights: STS-98 and STS-116.
The commander seat is in the foreground and Mark Polansky is reaching up and will be assisted into his seat. Tight quarters.
Pilot Doug Hurley is a colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps and this is his first space flight. He's space rookie. However,
he's not an aircraft rookie. He's logged more than 3,200 hours in 22 different types of aircraft.
And Tim Kopra, who is already aboard Endeavour, is also making his first spaceflight. He's a colonel in the U.S. Army.
Mission Specialist Tom Marshburn entering the view.
He also is a rookie. A former NASA flight surgeon and emergency room doctor and he's mission specialist 3 on this flight.
And we see a view in the flight deck, as the pilot is climbing aboard . . . his seat in the foreground.
And in the white room, Mission Specialist Chris Cassidy. He was a Navy Seal for 10 years.
And he's making his first space flight. He's a commander in the U.S. Navy.
Here we see Mission Specialist Dave Wolf in the foreground and Mission Specialist 1
Chris Cassidy in the background, waiting their turn to board Endeavour.
Dave Wolf is the lead spacewalker on STS-127. He'll be performing spacewalks on Flight Day 4, 6, and 8.
And Canadian Space Agency Mission Specialist No. 2 Julie Payette is in the White Room.
She'll be assisted with the final preparations of her launch and entry suit and then will be helped aboard Endeavour.
And Julie waves once again and blows a kiss as she prepares to board Endeavour;
the final crew member to go through the hatch today.
(Background: And we are ready for hatch closure.)
They're gonna close the hatch now. Travis Thompson has got the hatch and he's
shutting it with the help of Rene Arriens, the No. 4, and our NASA Quality is watching.