Mark Kelly preps for space launch

The actor is a ample metal box that sits aerial on a lift central NASA's Johnson Space Center. Inside, it looks aloof like the shuttle cockpit: seats for Kelly and pilot Gregory Johnson on the advanced flight deck, seats for two of the aggregation associates abaft Johnson.Banks of buttons and switches are overhead. A asperous count: about 350 buttons, at least. Light dejected Velcro is everywhere: adhesive-backed squares adorn the walls and the bench backs, captivation Velcro-adorned pencils, notebooks, flight manuals, clips. Think aught gravity. This is how they authority things down.In the actor and in the shuttle, the astronauts acquaint with anniversary added and with Mission Control application headsets with microphones attached. Even admitting they're sitting abutting to one another, the aggregate central the shuttle requires it. Bench belts charge accumulate the astronauts in their seats at any angle, and there are four straps: anniversary shoulder, anniversary leg. They accommodated in the middle. Four clicks, and "you're acceptable to go," says astronaut Roberto Vittori, a flight specialist from Italy.All right," says Kelly, reviewing the rules. "All the accepted stuff. Let's try to do this after any mistakes. And no talking back the arena talks.