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STS-5 crew onboard portrait …
Title STS-5 crew onboard portrait on port side middeck
Description Crew onboard portrait taken on port side middeck shows Commander Brand holding Ace Moving Co sign (partially obscured, near center) and surrounded by Pilot Overmyer (in light t-shirt), Mission Specialist (MS) Allen (center bottom) and MS Lenoir (center top). The sign refers to the successful deployment of two commercial communications satellites on the flight's first two days.
Date Taken 1982-11-16
STS-5 crew onboard portrait …
Title STS-5 crew onboard portrait on port side middeck
Description Crew onboard portrait taken on port side middeck shows Commander Brand holding Ace Moving Co sign and surrounded by (clockwise from Brand) Mission Specialist (MS) Lenoir, Pilot Overmyer, and MS Allen. The sign refers to the successful deployment of two commercial communications satellites on the flight's first two days.
Date Taken 1982-11-16
STS-37 crewmembers pose for …
Title STS-37 crewmembers pose for onboard crew portrait on OV-104's middeck
Description STS-37 crewmembers pose for onboard (in-space) portrait with some reminders of their goals and accomplishments in hand on Atlantis', Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104's, middeck. Commander Steven R. Nagel and Pilot Kenneth D. Cameron are on the back row. Left to right on the front row are Mission Specialist (MS) Jerry L. Ross, MS Linda M. Godwin, and MS Jerome Apt. Ross holds a sign which reads, "Ace Railroad, STS-37" and has a drawing of a railroad locomotive to pay tribute to the thorough evaluations of crew and equipment translation aid (CETA) carts which he and Apt conducted during the mission's second extravehicular activity (EVA). Godwin holds the STS-37 crew insignia and Apt shows off a giant-sized Ace of Spades with an overlay which reads, "Ace Observatory Co.," in reference to the deployment of the Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO). Forward middeck lockers appear on the left, the open airlock hatch on the right, and an United States flag in the background on the starboard wall.
Date Taken 1991-04-11
Crew portrait during 51-A mi …
Title Crew portrait during 51-A mission
Description The five-member 51-A crew celebrates a successful mission. Front row (l.-r.) Astronauts David H. Walker,pilot, Anna Lee Fisher and Joseph P. Allen, mission specialists, back row, Dale A. Gardner, mission specialist, and Frederick H. (Rick) Hauck, crew commander. The front row of astronauts are holding up signs which say "The Eagle Flies High", "2 up, 2 down, the Ace Repo Co." and "The Ace Repo Co., The Sky's no limit". The reference to the Eagle has to do with the Discovery crew's mascot, which appeared both in tis crew portrait and insignia.
Date Taken 1984-11-12
Astronaut Carl Walz shows of …
Title Astronaut Carl Walz shows off stowage locker for GPS on-orbit operations
Description On Discovery's middeck Astronaut Carl E. Walz shows off stowage locker for gear supporting the Global Positioning System (GPS) on-orbit operations. To the left is a sign which reads "Ace HST Tool Testers".
Date Taken 1993-09-15
Astronauts Readdy, Walz, and …
Title Astronauts Readdy, Walz, and Newman in airlock after EVA
Description In Discovery's airlock, astronaut William F. Readdy, pilot, holds up a STS-51 slogan -- "Ace HST Tool Testers" -- for still and video cameras to record. Readdy is flanked by astronauts Carl E. Walz (left) and James H. Newman, who had just shared a lengthy period of extravehicular activity (EVA) in and around Discovery's cargo bay.
Date Taken 1993-09-16
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