The rocket in launch position (12° from vertical) during the launcher test, with the XRS launch team standing in front.
- Front row, left to right:
- Rob Boyle (GSFC)
- Masayuki Hirabayashi (SHI)
- Tae Goma Furusho (Tokyo Metropolitan U.)
- Kazuhisa Mitsuda (ISAS)
- Yoshitaka Ishisaki (Tokyo Metropolitan U.)
- Back row, left to right:
- Yoshiaki Ogawara (ISAS)
- Kiyomi Otsuka (SHI)
- Jun-ichi Ito (SHI)
- Yoshinobu Ochi (SHI)
- Rich Kelley (GSFC)
- Damian Audley (ISAS & GSFC)
- Kevin Boyce (GSFC)
- Ryuichi Fujimoto (ISAS)
- Oscar Gonzalez (GSFC)
- Members of the HXD and XIS teams (Miyata-san, Tsuru-san, Fukazawa-san, and Takahashi-san)
