Four NASA astronauts have been chosen to fly on the newly
created Space Shuttle mission, STS-121. It is the mission following
the Space Shuttle's Return to Flight.
Veteran astronaut Steven W. Lindsey (Col., USAF--pictured below) is
the commander of STS-121. Mark E. Kelly (Cmdr., USN) is the pilot;
Carlos I. Noriega (Lt. Col., USMC, Ret.) and Michael E. Fossum are
the mission specialists. Other crewmembers will be named
later.
STS-121 was added to the flight schedule to help accommodate the
growing list of requirements originally assigned to the Return to
Flight mission. The crew will re-supply the International Space
Station with equipment and consumables. They will also continue the
testing and development of new hardware and procedures designed to
make Space Shuttle flight