GEORGE DILLER: This is Shuttle Launch Control, T-3 hours and holding,
and we're at the Astronaut Crew Quarters now, entering the astronaut dining
room where we see our STS-118 crew members getting ready for a brief snack.
So, Chris, maybe you could tell us who the crew members are from left to right.
CHRIS CASSIDY: Yeah, absolutely, George. On the left is Air Force Col. Al Drew.
Al was a late addition to the crew after Clay Anderson was
swapped to the STS-117 crew, so it's exciting for Al.
He's a mission specialist from the class of 2000. Just to Al's left, and on the left side of
the screen now, is Canadian astronaut Dave Williams. Dave's a medical doctor
who has previous flight experience and has been working with NASA for
quite some time now. To his left is Marine Corps Col. Charles Hobaugh, and
he's the pilot of the crew. Charlie's making his second flight to space.
Seated in the center is the commander, Scott Kelly. Scott is a Navy captain who
also is making his second flight to space and, of course, will be the leader of
the whole mission. Next to him is Mission Specialist Tracy Caldwell.
Tracy will be the MS-1 on the flight deck for the launch portion of the mission.
To her left is Mission Specialist Rick Mastracchio. Rick is the lead spacewalker
and will be EV-1 for the first three EVAs and, if there's another EVA, he won't conduct
the EVA number four. But he's the lead spacewalker.
And Barbara Morgan who, as we all know, was the last one on the right.
She's a mission specialist heavily involved in robotics and crew transfer and,
of course, our educator astronaut.