The Launch Rehearsal brings everyone's focus to the work at hand.
Here, in the Launch Control Center, are team members who keep telecommunications and display systems up and running - from right to left are John Garcia, Dani Dunfee, Larry Hutchinson, Eddie Buggs and Bob Ruggendorf.

Rocket team members monitor conditions during the rehearsal - (L-R) Elena Turbina, KBTM control engineer; Yuriy Kozlov, KBTM cryogenic equipment engineer; Yury Tinyakov, Energia launch vehicle thermostating operator; and Mykola Morgan, Yuzhnoye launch vehicle temperature conditions engineer.

The spacecraft group monitors conditions of the EchoStar X satellite, from right to left - Jackie Provencher, payload integration trainee; Ammon Madsen, payload integration manager; Ed Koch, EchoStar X program manager for Lockheed Martin; and John Argersinger, mission consultant for EchoStar.

Representatives of the Federal Aviation Agency, (L-R) Rene Ray aand Jammil Kabbara, monitor events of the rehearsal.

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