The SM3B astronauts

Michael J. Massimino, who will be making his first space flight, will join three veteran astronauts, John M.Grunsfeld, James H. Newman, and Richard M. Linnehan. Scott Altman, a two-time shuttle veteran, will command the mission. Pilot Duane Carey, making his first space flight and flight engineer Nancy Currie will join him on the flight deck. Currie has three previous space flights to her credit.

A group of astronauts are training with a realistic Hubble model for the upcoming tasks.