The STS-116 Space Shuttle mission crewmembers pose next an emergency evacuation vehicle near the Shuttle launch pad area at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 13 November 2006. The crew is at KSC to take part in terminal countdown demonstration test (TCDT) activities ahead of the launch in December.

Front row, from left: NASA astronauts William A. Oefelein, Nicholas J.M. Patrick, Robert L. Curbeam, Mark L. Polansky and Christer Fuglesang, ESA astronaut.
Back row, from left: NASA astronauts Sunita L. Williams and Joan E. Higginbotham.