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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. |
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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. |
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1988-07-01 |
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STS-26 mission specialists p
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STS-26 mission specialists participate in EVA simulation in JSC's WETF |
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STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, mission specialists George D. Nelson (left) and John M. Lounge, wearing extravehicular mobility units (EMUs), participate in a contingency extravehicular activity (EVA) simulation in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Nelson, neutrally buoyant (floating), watches as Lounge, assisted by SCUBA divers, enters payload bay (PLB) mockup through airlock hatch. Photograph was taken by Keith Meyers of the NEW YORK TIMES. |
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1988-07-01 |
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STS-26 MS Nelson prepares fo
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STS-26 MS Nelson prepares for EVA exercises at JSC's WETF Bldg 29 |
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STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Mission Specialist (MS) George D. Nelson, wearing liquid cooling and ventilation garment (LCVG), works with inner glove before donning extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) lower torso (positioned on chair between technicians). Nelson, standing with technicians on the poolside, is preparing for contingency extravehicular activity (EVA) exercises in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Photograph was taken by Keith Meyers of the NEW YORK TIMES. |
| Date Taken |
1988-07-01 |
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STS-26 MS Lounge prepares fo
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STS-26 MS Lounge prepares for contingency EVA exercises in JSC's WETF Bldg 29 |
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STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Mission Specialist (MS) John M. Lounge, wearing extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) (not yet joined at waist ring), stands on a poolside platform while technicians position EMU gloves on his hands. The communications carrier assembly dangles from the EMU neck ring. Lounge dons EMU prior to a contingency extravehicular activity (EVA) simulation in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 where he will achieve neutral buoyancy. Photograph was taken by Keith Meyers of the NEW YORK TIMES. |
| Date Taken |
1988-07-01 |
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STS-26 MS Lounge prepares fo
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STS-26 MS Lounge prepares for contingency EVA exercises in JSC's WETF Bldg 29 |
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STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Mission Specialist (MS) John M. Lounge, wearing extravehicular mobility unit (EMU), stands on a poolside platform while technicians ready his communications carrier assembly (CCA). SCUBA divers already in the pool look on. Lounge dons EMU prior to a contingency extravehicular activity (EVA) simulation in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 where he will achieve neutral buoyancy. 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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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 MS Nelson prepares fo
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STS-26 MS Nelson prepares for EVA exercises at JSC's WETF Bldg 29 |
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STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Mission Specialist (MS) George D. Nelson, wearing extravehicular mobilty unit (EMU) and communications carrier assembly (CCA), stands on poolside platform while technicians assist him with EMU gloves. Nelson dons EMU for contingency extravehicular activity (EVA) exercises in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. 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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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 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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STS-26 MS Lounge prepares fo
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STS-26 MS Lounge prepares for contingency EVA exercises in JSC's WETF Bldg 29 |
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STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Mission Specialist (MS) John M. Lounge, wearing extravehicular mobility unit (EMU), stands on a poolside platform while technicians adjust EMU upper torso sleeve and prepare to join EMU upper and lower torsos at the waist ring. The communications carrier assembly dangles from the EMU neck ring. SCUBA-equipped divers, already in pool, look on. Lounge dons EMU prior to a contingency extravehicular activity (EVA) simulation in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 where he will achieve neutral buoyancy. Photograph was taken by Keith Meyers of the NEW YORK TIMES. |
| Date Taken |
1988-07-01 |
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STS-26 MS Lounge prepares fo
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STS-26 MS Lounge prepares for contingency EVA exercises in JSC's WETF Bldg 29 |
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STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Mission Specialist (MS) John M. Lounge, wearing extravehicular mobility unit (EMU), stands on a poolside platform while technicians check EMU helmet interface at neck ring. SCUBA-equipped divers, already in pool, look on. Lounge dons EMU prior to a contingency extravehicular activity (EVA) simulation in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 where he will achieve neutral buoyancy. Photograph was taken by Keith Meyers of the NEW YORK TIMES. |
| Date Taken |
1988-07-01 |
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