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STS-35 ASTRO-1 MS Parker and
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STS-35 ASTRO-1 MS Parker and Payload Specialist Durrance train at MSFC |
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STS-35 Mission Specialist (MS) Robert A.R. Parker (left) and Payload Specialist Samuel T. Durrance practice Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) experiment procedures in a space shuttle aft flight deck mockup in the Payload Crew Training Complex at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama. For all Spacelab missions, shuttle crew members train regularly in the facility in preparation to operate experiments on their Spacelab missions. The ASTRO-1 crew will operate the ultraviolet telescopes and instrument pointing system (IPS) from Columbia's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102's, aft flight deck. The seven-member ASTRO-1 crew will work around the clock, in 12-hour shifts, to allow the maximum number of observations to be made during their nine or ten days in orbit. In addition to the commander and pilot, the crew consistss of three MSs and two payload specialists. (MSs are career astronauts who are trained in a specialized field. Payload specialists are members of the science in |
| Date Taken |
1990-05-22 |
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Ma
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba at aft flight deck controls in JSC mockup |
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STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba, wearing flight suit, operates controls on the aft flight deck of the Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT) located in JSC's Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9. During the training session, Malerba adjusts a control on the A3 panel closed circuit television (CCTV). Onorbit station panels appear in front of Malerba and payload station controls behind him. |
| Date Taken |
1992-03-11 |
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Ma
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| Title |
STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba sits at the pilots station in JSC mockup |
| Description |
STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba sits at the pilots station on the forward flight deck of the Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT) located in JSC's Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9. Malerba, wearing a flight suit, is participating in a hardware familiarity training session. |
| Date Taken |
1992-03-11 |
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STS-52 Payload Specialist Ma
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STS-52 Payload Specialist MacLean during camera training at JSC's MAIL |
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STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, Canadian Payload Specialist Steven G. MacLean practices using a camera for the Earth observations portion of his scheduled October spaceflight. MacLean, standing on the aft flight deck, points a HASSELBLAD camera out overhead window W8 during the training session in JSC's Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT). The CCT is part of the shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9NE. MacLean represents the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). |
| Date Taken |
1992-08-06 |
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STS-52 Payload Specialist Ma
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STS-52 Payload Specialist MacLean and backup Tryggvason during JSC training |
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STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, Canadian Payload Specialist Steven G. MacLean (left) adjusts the HASSELBLAD lens setting as backup Payload Specialist Bjarni V. Tryggvason looks on. The two Canadian Space Agency (CSA) representatives used various cameras on the aft flight deck of JSC's Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) in order to prepare them for the Earth observations portion of the scheduled October spaceflight. The CCT is part of the shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9NE. |
| Date Taken |
1992-08-06 |
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STS-52 backup Payload Specia
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STS-52 backup Payload Specialist Tryggvason uses camera during JSC training |
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STS-52 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, backup Payload Specialist Bjarni V. Tryggvason points a HASSELBLAD camera out aft flight deck overhead window W7 during camera training in JSC's Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT). The training session familiarized Tryggvason with camera operation for the Earth observations portion of the scheduled October spaceflight. The CCT is part of the shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9NE. Tryggvason is from Iceland and represents the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). |
| Date Taken |
1992-08-06 |
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STS-42 Payload Specialist Me
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STS-42 Payload Specialist Merbold with drink on OV-103's aft flight deck |
| Description |
STS-42 Payload Specialist Ulf D. Merbold, wearing a lightweight headset (HDST), experiments with a grapefruit drink and straw on the aft flight deck of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103. Merbold watches the liquid ball of grapefruit drink he created float in the weightlessness of space. The Los Angeles Dodger cap Merbold is wearing is part of a tribute to Manley L. (Sonny) Carter, originally assigned as a mission specialist on this flight. During the eight-day flight, the crewmembers each wore the cap on a designated day. Carter, a versatile athlete and avid Dodger fan, died in the crash of a commuter airline in 1991. |
| Date Taken |
1992-01-30 |
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STS-45 Payload Specialist Li
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STS-45 Payload Specialist Lichtenberg records AEPI data onboard OV-104 |
| Description |
STS-45 Payload Specialist Byron K. Lichtenberg talks into a cassette tape recorder to note observations following a science run of the Atmospheric Emissions Photometric Imaging (AEPI) experiment. Lichtenberg is on the aft flight deck of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. At Lichtenberg's left is the mission station, the forward flight deck and window W6 appear behind him, and overhead control panels appear above his head. |
| Date Taken |
1992-04-02 |
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STS-45 Payload Specialist Fr
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STS-45 Payload Specialist Frimout at controls on OV-104's aft flight deck |
| Description |
STS-45 Payload Specialist Dirk D. Frimout monitors data display unit (DDU) screen at the mission station on the aft flight deck of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. He is routing Grille Spectrometer (GRILLE), a European Space Agency (ESA) experiment, operations through the DDU. At Frimout's right are the onorbit station control panels and the aft flight deck viewing windows W9 and W10. Below him is a stowed mission specialists seat. A variety of photographic equipment is seen in this view including the bracket-mounted CANON camcorder (foreground) and the LINOFF camera (in front of Frimout). |
| Date Taken |
1992-04-02 |
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Ma
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| Title |
STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba TOP experiment on OV-104's aft flight deck |
| Description |
STS-46 Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba, wearing eye glasses and a headband with a penlight flashlight attached, points a camera through a window shade covering overhead window W7 on the aft flight deck of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. Malerba is conducting the Tether Optical Phenomena (TOP) experiment. The camera is mounted on a bracket attached to onorbit station panel A6 and is equipped with image intensifiers and special filters. Surrounding Malerba are aft flight deck viewing window W9, aft windows shades, the pilots station seat back, and checklists clipped overhead. Other camera equipment appears in the view. |
| Date Taken |
1992-08-08 |
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Ma
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba looks out window on OV-104's flight deck |
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STS-46 Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba points to activities outside the aft flight deck overhead window W8 aboard Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. Malerba's back is parallel to the aft flight deck floor with onorbit panels appearing above his head and his feet at the forward flight deck. Malerba is watching Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) operations. |
| Date Taken |
1992-08-08 |
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STS-47 Payload Specialist Mo
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STS-47 Payload Specialist Mohri uses SAREX II on OV-105's aft flight deck |
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STS-47 Payload Specialist Mamoru Mohri, wearing headset, communicates with students from the aft flight deck of the Earth-orbiting Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. The communications were an extension of the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX), which has flown on a number of previous flights. Mohri represents Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA). Several of the crewmembers were able to talk with students and other "ham" operators during the mission. |
| Date Taken |
1992-09-20 |
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Payload specialist Garneau d
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Payload specialist Garneau displays Sunphotometer |
| Description |
Payload specialist Marc Garneau displays a Canadian made Sunphotometer, part of a package of experiments which he is concentrating on during this mission. He is sitting on the Challenger's flight deck at the aft station. |
| Date Taken |
1984-10-08 |
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Payload specialist Lodewijk
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Payload specialist Lodewijk van den Berg looks out aft flight deck window |
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In this low-angle photo Payload specialist Lodewijk van den Berg, one of two payload specialists, looks out aft flight deck window aboard the shuttle orbiter Challenger. |
| Date Taken |
1985-05-01 |
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Payload specialist Loren Act
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Payload specialist Loren Acton working at aft fligh deck station |
| Description |
Loren Acton, Payload specialist, is working at the Challenger's aft flight deck station. Acton is using a TV camera for one of the modes of the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) to record scenes out of the overhead window. Other material, such as a calculator, floats nearby. Note that the overhead window is covered over except where the lens of the camera has been placed. |
| Date Taken |
1985-07-30 |
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Payload specialist Patrick B
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Payload specialist Patrick Baudry takes notes at the overhead flight window |
| Description |
Payload specialist Patrick Baudry, using shades to shield his eyes from a bright sun beaming throught the overhead flight deck windows, takes notes. |
| Date Taken |
1985-06-17 |
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French payload specialist Pa
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French payload specialist Patrick Baudry prepares a meal |
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Payload specialist Patrick Baudry, representing the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales of France, prepares to open a can of lobster. The bag attached to the nearby middeck locker door appears to contain several other French snacks. His food tray is also attached to the middeck lockers. Behind his head are other food trays attached to the shuttle rehydration unit. A roll of duct tape floats in space to one side of Baudry. |
| Date Taken |
1985-06-17 |
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Payload specialist Sultan Sa
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Payload specialist Sultan Salman Abdelazize Al-Saud floats over pilots chair |
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Payload specialist Sultan Salman Abdelazize Al-Saud floats above the pilot's station on Discovery's forward flight deck. On one side of him floats a clipboard, on the other side a fire extinguisher is attached to the wall. Through overhead windows beyond him are seen reflections of the Earth's horizon. |
| Date Taken |
1985-06-17 |
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Ma
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba sits at the pilots station in JSC mockup |
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STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba sits at the pilots station on the forward flight deck of the Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT) located in JSC's Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9. Malerba, wearing a flight suit, operates the control stick and enters data on the C2 panel keypad. He is participating in a hardware familiarity training session. |
| Date Taken |
1992-03-11 |
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STS-65 Japanese Payload Spec
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STS-65 Japanese Payload Specialist Mukai on OV-102's aft flight deck |
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STS-65 Japanese Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai freefloats on Columbia's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102's, aft flight deck in front of overhead windows W7 and W8 while holding a cassette case with bean sprouts in her left hand. Mukai, a physician, represented Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) on the two week mission in support of the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2). |
| Date Taken |
1994-07-23 |
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Payload specialist Ronald Pa
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| Title |
Payload specialist Ronald Parise checks on ASTRO-2 payload |
| Description |
Payload specialist Ronald A. Parise, a senior scientist in the Space Observatories Department of Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), checks on the ASTRO-2 payload (out of frame in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Endeavour). Parise is on the aft flight deck of the Earth orbiting Endeavour during STS-67. |
| Date Taken |
1995-03-03 |
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Payload specialist Samuel Du
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| Title |
Payload specialist Samuel Durrance talks to support personnel at MSFC |
| Description |
ASTRO-2 payload specialist Samuel T. Durance talks to payload support personnel at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) from the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour during STS-67. |
| Date Taken |
1995-03-03 |
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Payload specialist Ronald Pa
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Payload specialist Ronald Parise using SAREX |
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ASTRO-2 payload specialist Ronald A. Parise reminisces on his inspace amateur radio experience of five years ago in the ASTRO-1 mission. Using the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX), Parise talks to students on Earth from the flight deck of the Earth orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavour. |
| Date Taken |
1995-03-03 |
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