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STS-42 Payload Specialist Bo …
Title STS-42 Payload Specialist Bondar in LES listens to instructions at JSC's WETF
Description STS-42 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Payload Specialist Roberta L. Bondar, wearing launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), listens to trainer's instructions prior to launch emergency egress exercises in the Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. With parachute harness straps extending in front of her, Bondar sits on the WETF's poolside. Bondar is representing Canada during the International Microgravity Laboratory 1 (IML-1) mission aboard OV-103.
Date Taken 1991-10-24
STS-42 Payload Specialist Bo …
Title STS-42 Payload Specialist Bondar suspended from parachute harness in JSC WETF
Description STS-42 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Payload Specialist Roberta L. Bondar, wearing launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), is suspended from her parachute harness over JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool during launch emergency egress exercises. Bondar is representing Canada during the International Microgravity Laboratory 1 (IML-1) mission aboard OV-103.
Date Taken 1991-10-24
STS-42 Payload Specialist Bo …
Title STS-42 Payload Specialist Bondar in LES during egress execises at JSC's WETF
Description STS-42 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Payload Specialist Roberta L. Bondar, wearing launch and entry suit (LES), smiles as she watches launch emergency egress procedures in the Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Bondar is representing Canada during the International Microgravity Laboratory 1 (IML-1) mission aboard OV-103.
Date Taken 1991-10-24
STS-42 Payload Specialist Bo …
Title STS-42 Payload Specialist Bondar in LES during egress execises at JSC's WETF
Description STS-42 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Payload Specialist Roberta L. Bondar, wearing launch and entry suit (LES), smiles as she takes a break from launch emergency egress procedures in the Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Bondar is representing Canada during the International Microgravity Laboratory 1 (IML-1) mission aboard OV-103.
Date Taken 1991-10-24
STS-42 Payload Specialist Me …
Title STS-42 Payload Specialist Merbold during egress exercises in JSC's WETF
Description STS-42 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Payload Specialist Ulf D. Merbold adjusts his parachute harness as technician looks on prior to launch emergency egress exercises in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Merbold, wearing a launch and entry suit (LES), participates in the exercises as part of the training for the International Microgravity Laboratory 1 (IML-1) mission. He is representing the European Space Agency (ESA) on the IML-1 mission.
Date Taken 1991-10-24
STS-46 Payload Specialist Ma …
Title STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba during water egress training in JSC's WETF
Description STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba takes a break from launch emergency egress procedures conducted in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Malerba is wearing a launch and entry suit (LES).
Date Taken 1992-03-26
STS-46 Payload Specialist Ma …
Title STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba in JSC's WETF pool during egress training
Description STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba, wearing launch and entry suit (LES) and clamshell helmet, laughes as he floats in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. Malerba's flotation vest (life jacket) and two SCUBA-equipped divers keep him afloat after he was dropped into the pool during a launch emergency egress simulation.
Date Taken 1992-03-26
STS-46 Payload Specialist Ma …
Title STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba during water egress training at JSC's WETF
Description Poolside, STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba, seated, listens to a NASA training support staffer during launch emergency egress simulation conducted in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. Malerba, wearing a launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), will be suspended above the WETF pool via the orange parachute harness straps which extend in front of him.
Date Taken 1992-03-26
STS-46 Payload Specialist Ma …
Title STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba during water egress training at JSC's WETF
Description STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba, smiles, prior to launch emergency egress simulation in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. Malerba is fully equipped with crew escape system (CES) gear including launch and entry suit (LES), launch and entry helmet (LEH), and parachute pack.
Date Taken 1992-03-26
STS-50 Payload Specialist Tr …
Title STS-50 Payload Specialist Trinh during JSC WETF Bailout Exercises in Bldg 29
Description STS-50 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, United States Microgravity Laboratory 1 (USML-1) Payload Specialist Eugene H. Trinh, wearing launch and entry suit (LES), listens to instructions prior to participating in launch emergency egress (bailout) exercises in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. The WETF's 25-foot deep pool will simulate the ocean as crewmembers familiarize themselves with procedures associated with a bailout and subsequent water landing.
Date Taken 1992-03-26
STS-46 crewmembers and backu …
Title STS-46 crewmembers and backup payload specialist in JSC WETF egress training
Description STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Pilot Andrew M. Allen, wearing launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helment (LEH), is assisted by training support personnel as he prepares to simulate a parachute glide into water (the pool) during a launch emergency egress (bailout) simulation in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility Bldg 29. Allen holds onto the parachute straps before he is hoisted over the pool. Also in LES gear and waiting along the poolside are (left to right) backup Italian Payload Specialist Umberto Guidoni, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba, and European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier. SCUBA-equipped divers in the pool are seen at the bottom of the frame listening to instructions.
Date Taken 1992-04-24
STS-50 Payload Specialist De …
Title STS-50 Payload Specialist DeLucas floats in life raft during JSC WETF bailout
Description STS-50 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, United States Microgravity Laboratory 1 (USML-1) Payload Specialist Lawrence J. DeLucas, wearing launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), floats in a single person life raft during launch emergency egress (bailout) exercises in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. During the exercises, the WETF's 25-foot deep pool was used to simulate the ocean. Crewmembers were dropped from their parachute harnesses into the pool, inflated their life rafts, and used survival equipment to protect themselves from the elements and signal for help.
Date Taken 1992-03-26
STS-55 Payload Specialist Sc …
Title STS-55 Payload Specialist Schlegel with technicians during JSC WETF bailout
Description STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, Payload Specialist 2 Hans Schlegel, wearing launch and entry suit (LES), launch and entry helmet (LEH), and parachute, discusses procedures with technicians Karen Porter and Todd Bailey prior to launch emergency egress (bailout) exercises. The session, held in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29, used the facility's 25-foot deep pool to simulate the ocean as Schlegel and other crewmembers practiced water bailout procedures. Schlegel represents the DLR for the upcoming Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) mission.
Date Taken 1992-12-08
STS-55 backup Payload Specia …
Title STS-55 backup Payload Specialist Brummer uses CESP during JSC WETF bailout
Description STS-55 backup German Payload Specialist Renate Brummer kneels in the side hatch mockup while listening to an technician's final instructions before bailing into the pool below. Brummer, along with other DLR representatives, is familiarizing herself with launch emergency egress (bailout) procedures. Here, she will use the crew escape system (CES) pole which extends through the hatch opening. Brummer is wearing a training version of the launch and entry suit (LES) and a clamshell helmet. SCUBA-equipped divers already in the pool look on. The pool is located in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility Bldg 29.
Date Taken 1992-12-09
STS-55 Payload Specialist Th …
Title STS-55 Payload Specialist Thiele dons LEH before egress training in JSC WETF
Description STS-55 backup German Payload Specialist Dr. P. Gerhard Thiele is assisted in securing his launch and entry helmet (LEH) prior to launch emergency egress (bailout) exercises in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. Thiele, along with other DLR representatives, is familiarizing himself with procedures necessary in the event of a bailout and water landing. Thiele wears a training version of the partial pressure launch and entry suit (LES).
Date Taken 1992-12-09
STS-55 backup Payload Specia …
Title STS-55 backup Payload Specialist Brummer during JSC WETF egress exercises
Description STS-55 backup German Payload Specialist Renate Brummmer is hoisted via her parachute harness above JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. Brummer, wearing a launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), will be dropped from the harness into the pool to simulate a water landing. Brummer, along with other DLR representatives, are practicing emergency egress (bailout) procedures.
Date Taken 1992-12-09
STS-55 backup Payload Specia …
Title STS-55 backup Payload Specialist Thiele with technician in JSC's WETF
Description STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, backup German Payload Specialist Dr. P. Gerhard Thiele, wearing launch and entry suit (LES), launch and entry helmet (LEH), and parachute, seated on the poolside waits his turn to participate in launch emergency egress (bailout) exercises. The session, held in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29, used the facility's 25-foot deep pool to simulate the ocean as Thiele and other crewmembers practiced water bailout procedures. Thiele represents the DLR for the upcoming Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) mission.
Date Taken 1992-12-09
STS-42 Payload Specialist Bo …
Title STS-42 Payload Specialist Bondar in single person life raft at JSC's WETF
Description STS-42 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Payload Specialist Roberta L. Bondar, wearing launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), floats in single person life raft during launch emergency egress exercises held in the Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. Bondar holds the Space Shuttle Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking (SARSAT) portable locating beacon (PLB). The STS-42 crewmembers rehearsed procedures for launch emergency egress and a water landing. Bondar is representing Canada during the International Microgravity Laboratory 1 (IML-1) mission aboard OV-103.
Date Taken 1991-10-24
STS-55 backup Payload Specia …
Title STS-55 backup Payload Specialist Brummer, poolside, during JSC WETF bailout
Description STS-55 backup German Payload Specialist Renate Brummer, wearing launch and entry suit (LES), communications carrier assembly (CCA), and parachute pack, stands on the poolside and watches ongoing activities in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Brummer is participating in launch emergency egress (bailout) exercises along with other DLR representatives. STS-55 to be flown aboard Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, is the second dedicated German (Deutsche) Spacelab flight and is designated D2.
Date Taken 1992-12-09
STS-65 Mission Specialist Ch …
Title STS-65 Mission Specialist Chiao and Payload Specialist Mukai at JSC's WETF
Description STS-65 Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao, outfitted in a launch and entry suit (LES), and Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, in LES, sit on chairs along the poolside prior to a launch emergency egress training (bailout) exercise in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. The two crewmembers await a simulated parachute drop into the pool. A portion of the STS-65 crew was in the WETF for bailout training. Mukai, representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA), will join Chiao and five other NASA astronauts for the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year.
Date Taken 1994-03-08
STS-65 Mission Specialist Ch …
Title STS-65 Mission Specialist Chiao and backup payload specialist Favier at WETF
Description STS-65 Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao, outfitted in a launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), and backup payload specialist Jean-Jacques Favier, in LES, discuss procedures on the poolside prior to launch emergency egress training (bailout) exercise in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Chiao will join five other NASA astronauts and a Japanese payload specialist later this year for two weeks aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, in support of the second International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission. Favier represents France's Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES).
Date Taken 1994-03-08
STS-65 Payload Specialist Mu …
Title STS-65 Payload Specialist Mukai floats in WETF pool during bailout training
Description STS-65 Japanese Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, fully suited in a launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), is assisted by a team of SCUBA-equipped divers during a launch emergency egress (bailout) training exercise in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. Mukai floats via underarm flotation device or "Mae West's" during the bailout exercise. A portion of the STS-65 crew participated in the exercise. Mukai, representing the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan, will join six NASA astronauts for the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year.
Date Taken 1994-03-08
STS-65 Payload Specialist Mu …
Title STS-65 Payload Specialist Mukai in LES with Rockwell's Scott Gill at WETF
Description STS-65 Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, outfitted in a launch and entry suit (LES) and clamshell helmet, is assisted by Rockwell's Charles S. Gill prior to a launch emergency egress training (bailout) exercise at the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Mukai was joined by six NASA astronauts for the training session. Mukai, representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA), along with the STS-65 crew will spend approximately two weeks aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year in support of the second International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission.
Date Taken 1994-03-08
STS-65 Payload Specialist Mu …
Title STS-65 Payload Specialist Mukai floats in WETF pool during bailout training
Description STS-65 Japanese Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, fully suited in a launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), floats via underarm flotation device or "Mae West's" during a training exercise at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). A portion of the STS-65 crew participated in the launch emergency egress training (bailout) exercise in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Mukai, representing the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan, will join six NASA astronauts for the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year.
Date Taken 1994-03-08
STS-65 backup payload specia …
Title STS-65 backup payload specialist Favier at JSC's WETF for bailout exercise
Description STS-65 backup (alternate) payload specialist Jean-Jacques Favier, outfitted in a launch and entry suit (LES), stands on the poolside prior to launch emergency egress training (bailout) exercise in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Favier, representing France's Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), is an alternate for Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) representative who will join six NASA astronauts later this year for two weeks aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, in support of the second International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission.
Date Taken 1994-03-08
Payload specialist Scott Van …
Title Payload specialist Scott Vangen during emergency bailout training in WETF
Description Payload specialist Scott D. Vangen is assisted with his helmet fitting by NASA suit expert Alan M. Rochford at JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF). The STS-67 payload specialist was about to participate in emergency bailout training . Vangen, as alternate payload specialist, would fill in aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour if either of two prime payload specialists were unable to make the launch. Otherwise, Vangen would serve as spacecraft communicator from the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) during the scheduled 16 day STS-67/ASTRO-2 flight.
Date Taken 1994-10-01
Payload specialist Samuel Du …
Title Payload specialist Samuel Durrance during WETF training
Description Payload specialist Dr. Samuel T. Durrance gets assistance with a wet training version of the Shuttle partial-pressure launch and entry suit prior to emergency bailout training at JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF). Lending the helping hand is Sharon Daley, of Johnson Engineering. Looking on are suit expert Alan M. Rochford, of NASA and Scott D. Vangen, ASTRO-2 alternate payload specialist.
Date Taken 1994-10-01
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