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Official portrait of the STS
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Florida, Bahamas, Cuba and G
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STS-46 crew poses for onboar
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STS-46 PLC Hoffman and MS Ch
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STS-46 Pilot Allen, in LES,
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STS-46 Commander Shriver eat
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Mouths of the Amazon River,
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STS-46 MS Hoffman takes Ital
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| Title |
STS-46 MS Hoffman takes Italian Space Agency (ASI) personnel on tour of JSC |
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STS-46 Mission Specialist (MS) and Payload Commander (PLC) Jeffrey A. Hoffman escorts representatives from the Italian Space Agency (ASI) on a tour of the Space Station Mockup and Trainer Facility (SSMTF) located in JSC's Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9B. Hoffman (center), wearing microphone, briefs visitors on the SSMTF Habitation Module galley area. At the far left is STS-46 backup Payload Specialist Umberto Guidoni. At Hoffman's right is STS-46 Payload Specialist Franco Malerba (glasses hanging around his neck). |
| Date Taken |
1989-06-09 |
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McDonnell Douglas Space Syst
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McDonnell Douglas Space Systems worker checks STS-46 TSS wiring at KSC O and C |
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In the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Operations and Checkout (O and C) Building, a McDonnell Douglas Space Systems technician Hugh Beins, wearing a clean suit, inspects a complex array of wiring for the Tethered Satellite System (TSS) scheduled to fly on STS-46 aboard Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. Other technicians work on the spacelab enhanced multiplexer/demultiplexer pallet (EMP) and support struts in the background. |
| Date Taken |
1991-10-07 |
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Official portrait of Franco
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| Title |
Official portrait of Franco Malerba, STS-46 payload specialist |
| Description |
Official portrait of Franco Malerba, STS-46 payload specialist, wearing blue flight suit, with flag, space shuttle and tethered satellite system (TSS) models. |
| Date Taken |
1991-09-03 |
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Official portrait of Umberto
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| Title |
Official portrait of Umberto Guidoni, STS-46 backup payload specialist |
| Description |
Official portrait of Umberto Guidoni, STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, backup payload specialist, wearing blue flight suit, with flag, space shuttle and tethered satellite system (TSS) models. |
| Date Taken |
1991-09-03 |
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Portrait of STS-46 Italian P
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Portrait of STS-46 Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba taken at MSFC |
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STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba, seated and wearing a navy blue flight suit, poses with model of Tethered Satellite System (TSS) and the Italian and United States flags. The TSS-1 is a NASA and Italian Space Agency (ASI) joint effort that will fly aboard OV-104 during STS-46. |
| Date Taken |
1992-03-12 |
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Ma
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba on the middeck of JSC's FFT mockup |
| Description |
STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba with his hand resting on the crew escape system (CES) pole stands on the middeck of the Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT) located in JSC's Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9. Malerba, wearing a flight suit, familiarizes himself with the operation of the CES pole which extends out the shuttle mockup's open side hatch. The CES pole is used if emergency egress is required during the launch or ascent phase of flight. |
| Date Taken |
1992-03-11 |
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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 |
| Description |
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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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-46 Payload Specialist Ma
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba and MS Nicollier prepare for JSC training |
| Description |
STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba (left) and European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier, wearing their launch and entry suits (LESs), take a break from an emergency egress training session held in JSC's Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9. |
| Date Taken |
1992-03-11 |
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Ma
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba, in LES, during for JSC egress training |
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STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba, wearing launch and entry suit (LES), stands at the Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT) side hatch awaiting his turn to enter the mockup. Crewmembers participated in hardware familiarity training and emergency egress training in the FFT located in JSC's Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9. In the background a second crewmember is seen through the side hatch on the FFT middeck. |
| Date Taken |
1992-03-11 |
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Ma
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba during water egress training in JSC's WETF |
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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 |
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STS-46 crewmembers participa
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STS-46 crewmembers participate in Fixed Base (FB) SMS training at JSC |
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STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Pilot Andrew M. Allen hands Mission Specialist (MS) and Payload Commander (PLC) Jeffrey A. Hoffman checklists from middeck locker MF43E during training session in JSC's fixed base (FB) shuttle mission simulator (SMS) located in Mission Simulation and Training Facility Bldg 5. European Space Agency (ESA) MS Claude Nicollier outfitted with communications kit assembly headset (HDST) and equipment looks beyond Hoffman to the opposite side of the middeck. |
| Date Taken |
1992-03-16 |
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Ma
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba in JSC's WETF pool during egress training |
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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 |
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Ma
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba during water egress training at JSC's WETF |
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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 |
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Ma
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba during water egress training at JSC's WETF |
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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 |
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STS-46 crewmembers participa
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STS-46 crewmembers participate in Fixed Base (FB) SMS training at JSC |
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STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Mission Specialist (MS) and Payload Commander (PLC) Jeffrey A. Hoffman, standing at the interdeck access ladder, explains procedures to backup Italian Payload Specialist Umberto Guidoni (center) and Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba (right) on the middeck of JSC's fixed base (FB) shuttle mission simulator (SMS). Behind them, MS Marsha S. Ivins reviews a cheklist. Participants are wearing communications kit assembly lightweight headsets (HDSTs). FB-SMS is located in JSC's Mission Simulation and Training Facility Bldg 5. |
| Date Taken |
1992-03-16 |
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STS-46 Pilot Allen and Paylo
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STS-46 Pilot Allen and Payload Specialist Malerba in life rafts at JSC's WEFT |
| Description |
STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Pilot Andrew M. Allen (foreground) and Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba, wearing launch and entry suits (LESs) and launch and entry helmets (LEHs), float in one-person life rafts during a launch emergency egress (bailout) simulation in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. A SCUBA-equipped diver assists in the training activity. |
| Date Taken |
1992-04-24 |
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STS-46 crewmembers and backu
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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 |
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STS-46 MS Chang-Diaz floats
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| Title |
STS-46 MS Chang-Diaz floats in life raft during water egress training at JSC |
| Description |
STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Mission Specialist (MS) Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, wearing launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), relies on a one-person life raft to get him to "safety" during a launch emergency egress (bailout) simulation conducted in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. |
| Date Taken |
1992-04-15 |
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STS-46 crewmembers during wa
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STS-46 crewmembers during water egress training in JSC's WETF Bldg 29 |
| Description |
STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier (right) and Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba (left), seated at the pool's side, listen to instructions before participating in a launch emergency egress (bailout) simulation in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. The two participants are wearing launch and entry suits (LESs). |
| Date Taken |
1992-04-24 |
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STS-46 crewmembers during wa
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STS-46 crewmembers during water egress training in JSC's WETF Bldg 29 |
| Description |
STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier (left) and backup Italian Payload Specialist Umberto Guidoni, seated at the pool's side, relax before participating in a launch emergency egress (bailout) simulation in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. The two participants are wearing launch and entry suits (LESs) during the pretest briefing. |
| Date Taken |
1992-04-24 |
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STS-46 MS PLC Hoffman floats
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| Title |
STS-46 MS PLC Hoffman floats in life raft during water egress training at JSC |
| Description |
STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Mission Specialist (MS) and Payload Commander Jeffrey A. Hoffman floats in a one-person life raft during launch emergency egress (bailout) simulation conducted in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. Hoffman, who has just tumbled out a side hatch mockup, waits for his life raft to fully inflate as a SCUBA-equipped diver looks on. The long cylindrical object in the foreground serves as a prop for the crew escape system (CES) pole. In the background MS Franklin R. Chang-Diaz floats in a fully inflated life raft. |
| Date Taken |
1992-04-22 |
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STS-46 MS Nicollier and Payl
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STS-46 MS Nicollier and Payload Specialist Malerba during JSC egress training |
| Description |
STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier (left) and Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba, wearing launch and entry suits (LESs) and launch and entry helmets (LEHs), pose on the poolside of JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. The two crewmembers are preparing for a launch emergency egress (bailout) simulation during which they will be dropped into the WETF pool. After landing in the water they will test crew escape system (CES) equipment and flotation devices. |
| Date Taken |
1992-04-24 |
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STS-46 ESA MS Nicollier in l
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STS-46 ESA MS Nicollier in life raft during water egress training at JSC WETF |
| Description |
STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier, wearing launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), floats in a one-person life raft during a launch emergency egress (bailout) simulation conducted in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. |
| Date Taken |
1992-04-24 |
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STS-46 crewmembers during wa
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| Title |
STS-46 crewmembers during water egress training in JSC's WETF Bldg 29 |
| Description |
STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Pilot Andrew M. Allen (left) gestures with his gloved hand as Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba (right) looks on. The two crewmembers, seated at the pool's side and wearing launch and entry suits (LESs), are preparing for a launch emergency egress (bailout) simulation in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. |
| Date Taken |
1992-04-24 |
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STS-46 Atlantis, OV-104, crew participates in fire training at JSC |
| Description |
STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, crewmembers participate in fire fighting and fire training exercises in JSC's Fire Training Pit located across from the Gilruth Center Bldg 207. Lined up along fire hoses and spraying water at the blazing fire pit are: (front to back in the foreground) European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier, directing the hose nozzle, MS and Payload Commander (PLC) Jeffrey A. Hoffman, MS Marsha S. Ivins (pink cap), and MS Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, and (front to back in the background) Commander Loren J. Shriver, Pilot Andrew M. Allen, backup Italian Payload Specialist Umberto Guidoni, and Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba. A fire fighter training instructor stands between the two lines of crewmembers and the two hoses. |
| Date Taken |
1992-05-20 |
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Ma
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STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba uses extinguisher during JSC firefighting |
| Description |
STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba shoots fire extinguisher spray at the base of a blazing fire during fire fighting and fire training exercises at JSC's Fire Training Pit located across from the Gilruth Center Bldg 207. Behind Malerba are the fire fighting training instructor, firemen, and European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier, holding a camcorder. |
| Date Taken |
1992-05-20 |
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STS-46 crewmembers handle wa
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| Title |
STS-46 crewmembers handle water hoses during fire training at JSC's Fire Pit |
| Description |
STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, crewmembers, directing the spray of two water hoses, approach a blaze in JSC's Fire Training Pit located across from the Gilruth Center Bldg 207. Manning the hose in the foreground are Commander Loren J. Shriver (left) and Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba. Holding a second hose are European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier and MS Franklin R. Chang-Diaz who is aiming nozzle at the fire. Between the water hoses is a fire fighting training instructor. In the distance JSC's water tower and building facilities can be seen. |
| Date Taken |
1992-05-20 |
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STS-46 crewmembers line up a
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| Title |
STS-46 crewmembers line up along hose during fire training at JSC |
| Description |
STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, crewmembers, lined up along a water hose, take a break after extinquishing a blaze in JSC's Fire Training Pit during fire fighting and fire training exercises. At the front of the line holding the hose nozzle is Commander Loren J. Shriver with Pilot Andrew M. Allen, backup Italian Payload Specialist Umberto Guidoni, and Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba behind him. The Fire Training Pit is located across from the Gilruth Center Bldg 207. |
| Date Taken |
1992-05-20 |
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STS-46 Atlantis, OV-104, fli
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| Title |
STS-46 Atlantis, OV-104, flight directors' portrait taken in JSC's MCC FCR |
| Description |
STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, flight directors pose for team portrait in JSC's Mission Control Center (MCC) Bldg 30 Flight Control Room 1 (FCR-1) at Flight Director console with data, the orbital ground track map and STS-46 emblem or logo projected on the front display screens. Left to right are Charles W. Shaw, Ronald D. Dittemore, and Philip L. Engelauf. |
| Date Taken |
1992-06-04 |
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STS-46 EURECA spacecraft dur
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| Title |
STS-46 EURECA spacecraft during processing at Astrotech Space Operation |
| Description |
STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, European Retrievable Carrier 1L (EURECA-1L) is inspected by German aerospace workers at the Astrotech Space Operations spacecraft processing facility in Titusville, Florida. The clean-suited workers have just removed EURECA-1L from its shipping container. Designed and built by an international contractor team lead by the German firm MBB / ERNO, the spacecraft is scheduled for deployment from OV-104's payload bay (PLB) during STS-46. The European Space Agency (ESA) is sponsoring EURECA-1L, a free-flying reusable research platform that will be deployed and retrieved at a later date by another Shuttle crew. View provided by the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) with alternate number KSC-91PC-1957. |
| Date Taken |
1992-07-16 |
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