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Spacesuit and Spacewalk History Image Gallery
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Spacesuit and Spacewalk History Image Gallery
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Space Shuttle -- November 1984
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Space Shuttle -- November 1984
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NASA
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Space Shuttle -- November 1984
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Space Shuttle -- November 1984
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Description:
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Astronaut Dale A. Gardner, getting his turn in the Manned Maneuvering Unit, prepares to dock with the spinning WESTAR VI satellite during the STS-51A mission. Gardner used a large tool called the Apogee Kick Motor Capture Device to enter the nozzle of a spent WESTAR VI engine and stabilize the communications spacecraft sufficiently to capture it for return to Earth in the cargo bay of the space shuttle Discovery.
Description
Astronaut Dale A. Gardner, getting his turn in the Manned Maneuvering Unit, prepares to dock with the spinning WESTAR VI satellite during the STS-51A mission. Gardner used a large tool called the Apogee Kick Motor Capture Device to enter the nozzle of a spent WESTAR VI engine and stabilize the communications spacecraft sufficiently to capture it for return to Earth in the cargo bay of the space shuttle Discovery.
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7/29/08
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Identifier:
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258767main_51A-46-00 57_full
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258767main_51A-46-00 57_full
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2008
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STS-51A
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Earth
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
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Discovery
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