With sea legs steady and life at sea becoming the norm, passengers on the Sea
Launch Commander settle down to work. Here (L-R), Jeong Woo Park, from KT Corporation, and Dr Kyung Hyun Cho, from Agency for Defense Development, participate in a Launch Rehearsal.

On the French team (L-R), Alain Planas, launcher interface manager, and Philippe Berthe, Program Director, both from Alcatel Alenia Space, are at work at the spacecraft console in the Launch Control Center.

(L-R) Shandy Asturias and Howard Searight, representatives of the U.S Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), pay close attention to details during the launch rehearsal. The FAA is the regulatory agency that provides the license to launch.

Igor Kostyushin, lead fueling system specialist for the KBTM contractor to the rocket segment, monitors his systems during the rehearsal.

(L-R) Olexander Naumenko, technical manager for Yuzhmash, and Victor Kalyuzhnyy, technical manager for KBTM, observe the rehearsal from their positions at the rear of the Launch Control Center.

(Sea Launch photos by
David Hutsell and Larry Trotter)

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