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Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) of Germany
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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 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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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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