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STS-42 Payload Specialist Me
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STS-42 Payload Specialist Merbold inside KC-135 during zero gravity flight |
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STS-42 Payload Specialist Ulf D. Merbold (upside down) tumbles with fellow German Space Agency (DFVLR) scientist in the fuselage of KC-135 NASA 930 during a zero gravity flight the week of 05-16-88. Merbold is representing the European Space Agency (ESA) on the International Microgravity Laboratory 1 (IML-1) mission aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103. |
| Date Taken |
1988-05-24 |
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Official portrait of STS-42
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Official portrait of STS-42 IML-1 Payload Specialist Ulf D. Merbold |
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Official portrait of STS-42 Payload Specialist Ulf D. Merbold wearing a launch and entry suit (LES) with space shuttle orbiter model displayed in the background. Merbold is representing the European Space Agency (ESA) during the International Microgravity Laboratory 1 (IML-1) mission aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103. |
| Date Taken |
1991-12-11 |
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STS-55 Payload Specialist 2
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STS-55 Payload Specialist 2 Hans Schlegel in LES during JSC training |
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STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, German Payload Specialist 2 Hans Schlegel takes a break during training in JSC's Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9NE. Schlegel is attired in a training version of the launch and entry suit. STS-55 is the second dedicated German (Deutsche) Spacelab flight and is designated D-2. |
| Date Taken |
1992-10-22 |
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STS-55 Payload Specialist Sc
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STS-55 Payload Specialist Schlegel with technicians during JSC WETF bailout |
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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 |
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STS-55 backup Payload Specia
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STS-55 backup Payload Specialist Brummer uses CESP during JSC WETF bailout |
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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 |
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STS-55 Payload Specialist Th
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STS-55 Payload Specialist Thiele dons LEH before egress training in JSC WETF |
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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 |
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STS-55 backup Payload Specia
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STS-55 backup Payload Specialist Thiele in pool during JSC egress training |
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STS-55 backup German Payload Specialist Dr. P. Gerhard Thiele, wearing launch and entry suit (LES), adjusts his launch and entry helmet (LEH) as he floats in a single person life raft in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. Thiele, along with other DLR representatives, practiced procedures required in the event of a launch emergency egress (bailout) and subsequent water landing. A SCUBA-equipped diver is seen in the background. STS-55 is the second dedicated German (Deutsche) Spacelab flight and is designated D2. |
| Date Taken |
1992-12-09 |
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STS-55 backup Payload Specia
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STS-55 backup Payload Specialist Brummer during JSC WETF egress exercises |
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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 |
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STS-55 backup Payload Specia
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STS-55 backup Payload Specialist Thiele with technician in JSC's WETF |
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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 |
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Official portrait of STS-55
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Official portrait of STS-55 SL-D2 Payload Specialist 1 Ulrich Walter |
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German Payload Specialist 1 Ulrich Walter poses for his Official portrait. Walter is assigned to the STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) mission. This is the second dedicated German Spacelab flight. United States and German flags and a space shuttle orbiter model in launch configuration create the backdrop. |
| Date Taken |
1993-01-21 |
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Official portrait of STS-55
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Official portrait of STS-55 SL-D2 backup Payload Specialist P. Gerhard Thiele |
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German backup Payload Specialist P. Gerhard Thiele poses for his Official portrait. Thiele has been assigned as an alternate (backup) crewmember to the STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) mission. This is the second dedicated German Spacelab flight. Thiele represents the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR). |
| Date Taken |
1993-02-02 |
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Official portrait of STS-55
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Official portrait of STS-55 SL-D2 backup Payload Specialist Renate Brummer |
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German backup Payload Specialist Renate Brummer poses for her Official portrait. Brummer has been assigned as an alternate (backup) crewmember to the STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) mission. This is the second dedicated German Spacelab flight. Brummer represents the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR). |
| Date Taken |
1993-01-20 |
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STS-55 backup Payload Specia
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STS-55 backup Payload Specialist Brummer, poolside, during JSC WETF bailout |
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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 |
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Official portrait of STS-55
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Official portrait of STS-55 SL-D2 Payload Specialist 2 Hans Schlegel |
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German Payload Specialist 2 Hans Schlegel poses for his Official portrait. Schlegel is assigned to the STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) mission. This is the second dedicated German Spacelab flight. United States and German flags and a space shuttle orbiter model in launch configuration create the backdrop. |
| Date Taken |
1993-01-21 |
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STS-55 Payload Specialist Wa
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STS-55 Payload Specialist Walter and backups at KSC Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A |
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STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) Payload Specialist 1 Ulrich Walter (center) discusses preflight procedures with backup payload specialists Dr. P. Gerhard Thiele (left) and Renate Brummer at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A. The entire seven-member flight crew and the two alternates are learning pad procedures and structures during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT), a dress rehearsal for launch. Walter, Thiele, and Brummer are representatives for Germany's DLR. View provided by KSC with alternate KSC number KSC-93PC-318. |
| Date Taken |
1993-03-16 |
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STS-9 payload specialist Mer
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STS-9 payload specialist Merbold and backup Ockels in training session |
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STS-9 payload specialist Ulf Merbold, right, a West German physicist and backup Wubbo Ockels, a Dutch scientist, are pictured in a training session in JSC's Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory. In this view Ockels appears to be showing Merbold how to operate a camera. |
| Date Taken |
1983-09-28 |
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STS-55 Payload Specialist Sc
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STS-55 Payload Specialist Schlegel collects fungi sample at SL-D2 Rack 1 |
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STS-55 German Payload Specialist 2 Hans Schlegel, wearing lightweight headset, collects fungi sample while working at Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) science module Rack 1 Work Bench. Schlegel is conducting these procedures in conjunction with the "Fruiting Body Development of Fungi" experiment. Pieces of the experiment casing freefloat in the workstation.Schlegel represents the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) on the 10-day spacelab mission. |
| Date Taken |
1993-05-06 |
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STS-55 Payload Specialist Sc
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STS-55 Payload Specialist Schlegel collects fungi sample at SL-D2 Rack 1 |
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STS-55 German Payload Specialist 2 Hans Schlegel, wearing lightweight headset, collects fungi sample while working at Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) science module Rack 1 Work Bench. Schlegel is conducting these procedures in conjunction with the "Fruiting Body Development of Fungi" experiment. Schlegel was one of two payload specialists representing the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) on the 10-day spacelab mission. |
| Date Taken |
1993-05-06 |
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STS-55 MS1/PLC Ross monitors
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STS-55 MS1/PLC Ross monitors Payload Specialist Walter's Anthrorack activity |
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STS-55 German Payload Specialist 1 Ulrich Walter breathes into Rack 9 Anthrorack (AR) (Human Physiology Laboratory) device for Pulmonary Perfusion and Ventilation During Rest and Exercise experiment while working inside the Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) science module aboard the Earth-orbiting Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102. Seated on the bicycle ergometer, Walter utilizes the respiratory monitoring system, part of a broad battery of experiments designed to investigate human physiology under microgravity conditions. In the background, Mission Specialist 1 (MS1) and Payload Commander (PLC) Jerry L. Ross monitors Walter's activity. Walter represents the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) on the 10-day SL-D2 mission. Visible on the aft end cone are a fire extinguisher and the Crew Telesupport Experiment (CTE) Macintosh portable computer mounted on an adjustable work platform. |
| Date Taken |
1993-05-06 |
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STS-55 German Payload Specia
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STS-55 German Payload Specialist Schlegel works at SL-D2 Biolabor microscope |
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STS-55 German Payload Specialist 2 Hans Schlegel loads sample into a microscope at the Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) Rack 7 Biolabor (BB) workstation. The BB facility is a life sciences and biotechnology research device developed by Germany (MBB/ERNO) for use aboard Spacelab. Schlegel represents the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) during this 10-day mission aboard Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102. |
| Date Taken |
1993-05-06 |
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STS-55 German Payload Specia
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STS-55 German Payload Specialist Walter freefloats inside the SL-D2 module |
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STS-55 German Payload Specialist 1 Ulrich Walter demonstrates the microgravity aboard the Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) science module in Columbia's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102's, payload bay (PLB). The module served as his space laboratory and that of his six crewmates for 10 days. Walter represents the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR). |
| Date Taken |
1993-05-06 |
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STS-55 German Payload Specia
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STS-55 German Payload Specialist Schlegel manipulates ROTEX controls in SL-D2 |
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STS-55 German Payload Specialist 2 Hans Schlegel, wearing goggles (eye glasses) and positioned in front of Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) Rack 4 System Rack controls, operates Robotics Technology Experiment (ROTEX) arm. ROTEX is a robotic arm that operates within an enclosed workcell in Rack 6 (partially visible in the foreground) and uses teleoperation from both an onboard station located nearby in Rack 4 and from a station on the ground. The device uses teleprogramming and artificial intelligence to look at the design, verification and operation of advanced autonomous systems for use in future applications. Schlegel represents the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR). SL-D2, a German-managed payload, is aboard Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, for this science research mission. |
| Date Taken |
1993-05-06 |
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STS-55 German payload specia
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STS-55 German payload specialist Schlegel and MS3 Harris work in SL-D2 module |
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STS-55 German Payload Specialist 2 Ulrich Walter, wearing special head gear, finds plenty of room to "spread out" (head to the floor, feet at the ceiling) while conducting Tissue Thickness and Compliance Along Body Axis salt-water balance experiment in the Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) science module aboard the Earth-orbiting Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102. Schlegel represents the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR). In the background, Mission Specialist 3 (MS3) Bernard A. Harris, Jr monitors an experiment in Rack 11, an experiment rack. |
| Date Taken |
1993-05-06 |
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STS-55 MS3 Harris draws bloo
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STS-55 MS3 Harris draws blood sample from Payload Specialist Schlegel |
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STS-55 German Payload Specialist 2 Hans Schlegel (left) serves as a test subject inside the Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) science module onboard the Earth-orbiting Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102. Mission Specialist 3 (MS3) Bernard A. Harris, Jr, a physician, performs one of many blood draws designed to help investigate human physiology under microgravity conditions. The two crewmembers use intravehicular activity (IVA) foot restraints (foot loops) in front of Rack 10, a stowage rack, to steady themselves during the procedure. Schlegel represents the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR). |
| Date Taken |
1993-05-06 |
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STS-55 German Payload Specia
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STS-55 German Payload Specialist Walter at the SL-D2 Fluid Physics Module |
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STS-55 German Payload Specialist 1 Ulrich Walter conducts an experiment using the advanced fluid physics module located in Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) Rack 8 Werkstofflabor (WL) (Material Sciences Laboratory) aboard Earth-orbiting Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102. Walter uses intravehicular activity (IVA) foot restraints to position himself in front of the rack. Walter represents the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) on the 10-day mission. |
| Date Taken |
1993-05-06 |
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STS-55 MS3 Harris and Payloa
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STS-55 MS3 Harris and Payload Specialist Schlegel conduct Anthrorack experiment |
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STS-55 German Payload Specialist 2 Hans Schlegel breathes into Rack 9 Anthrorack (AR) (Human Physiology Laboratory) device for Pulmonary Perfusion and Ventilation During Rest and Exercise experiment while working inside the Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) science module aboard the Earth-orbiting Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102. In the background, Mission Specialist 3 (MS3) Bernard A. Harris, Jr monitors his activity. |
| Date Taken |
1993-05-06 |
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