STS-115 READINESS REVIEW

At a press conference following the Flight Readiness Review, a thorough assessment of preparations for the mission, NASA Administrator Mike Griffin is amused by a question from the media at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on August 16, 2006. Next to Griffin on the dais are Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Space Operations, and Wayne Hale, Space Shuttle Program manager. Also present at the conference, but not pictured, is Mike Leinbach, NASA launch director. Griffin confirmed the final launch date of Aug. 27 for mission STS-115. (UPI Photo/Kim Shiflett/NASA)