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STS-26 crewmembers participa
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STS-26 crewmembers participate in contingency EVA exercise in JSC's WETF |
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STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, mission specialists George D. Nelson and John M. Lounge, wearing extravehicular mobility units (EMUs), participate in contingency extravehicular activity (EVA) exercise in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Nelson works with EVA wrench as Lounge looks on. In the event of in-cabin remote control failure, the procedure Nelson is conducting would upright the tracking and data relay satellite C (TDRS-C) from its stowed position to its deployment position. Photograph was taken by Keith Meyers of the NEW YORK TIMES. |
| Date Taken |
1988-07-01 |
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STS-26 MS Lounge during cont
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STS-26 MS Lounge during contingency EVA exercise in JSC's WETF Bldg 29 |
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STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Mission Specialist (MS) John M. Lounge participates in contingency extravehicular activity (EVA) exercise in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Lounge works with airborne support equipment (ASE) on payload bay (PLB) sill longeron. Tracking and data relay satellite C (TDRS-C) mockup appears next to him. Since Lounge has achieved neutral buoyancy, he is tethered to the sill longeron as he would be during an actual EVA. Photograph was taken by Keith Meyers of the NEW YORK TIMES. |
| Date Taken |
1988-07-01 |
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STS-26 crewmembers participa
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| Title |
STS-26 crewmembers participate in contingency EVA exercise in JSC's WETF |
| Description |
STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, mission specialists George D. Nelson and John M. Lounge, wearing extravehicular mobility units (EMUs), participate in contingency extravehicular activity (EVA) exercise in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Overall view of WETF underwater activity shows Nelson (foreground) working with EVA wrench as Lounge looks on and SCUBA-equipped divers monitor procedures. A mockup of the tracking and data relay satellite C (TDRS-C) appears behind astronauts in payload bay (PLB). In the event of in-cabin remote control failure, the procedure Nelson is conducting would upright the tracking and data relay satellite C (TDRS-C) from its stowed position to its deployment position. Photograph was taken by Keith Meyers of the NEW YORK TIMES. |
| Date Taken |
1988-07-01 |
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STS-26 crewmembers participa
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| Title |
STS-26 crewmembers participate in contingency EVA exercise in JSC's WETF |
| Description |
STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, mission specialists George D. Nelson and John M. Lounge, wearing extravehicular mobility units (EMUs), participate in latch-handling contingency extravehicular activity (EVA) exercise in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Nelson (right) looks on as Lounge manipulates equipment on payload bay door (PLBD) latch at sill longeron. Tracking and data relay satellite C (TDRS-C) mockup is visible in the payload bay (PLB) (background). SCUBA-equipped divers assist in the Earth-bound version of the contingency EVA. Photograph was taken by Keith Meyers of the NEW YORK TIMES. |
| Date Taken |
1988-07-01 |
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