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STS-99 Crew Portrait
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STS-99 Crew Portrait |
| Date of Image |
1999-06-01 |
| Full Description |
An international crew assigned to STS-99 takes a break from training to pose for the traditional crew portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC). In front are international astronauts and mission specialists Mamoru Mohri, representing Japan's Space Agency (NASDA), and Gerhard P. J. Thiele of Germany, representing the European Space Agency (ESA). In back are astronauts Janice Voss, mission specialist, Kevin R. Kregel, mission commander, Dominic L. Gorie, pilot, and Janet L. Kavandi, mission specialist. STS-99 was a Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), the most ambitious Earth mapping mission to date. Two radar anternas, one located in the Shuttle bay and the other located on the end of a 60-meter deployable mast, was used during the mission to map Earth's features. The goal was to provide a 3-dimensional topographic map of the world's surface up to the Arctic and Antarctic Circles. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor on February 11, 2000, the 11-day mission provided enough information to fill more than 20,000 CDs. |
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A Danish Perspective
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A Danish Perspective |
| Description |
high resolution 1000 pixel-wide image (600 KB JPEG) The Kingdom of Denmark, with an area of 16,639 square miles, consists of the Jutland Peninsula and roughly 500 islands. It is also a part of the generally fertile and mostly agricultural region known as the North European Plain. This entire region is generally flat to slightly rolling and is overlain with deposits of Pleistocene glaciers. (The Pleistocene lasted from 1.8 million to 11,000 years ago, during which time several ice ages occured.) Taking advantage of remarkably fair weather over north central Europe for this time of year, the crew of the International Space Station took this panoramic view that extends from the North Sea coast of the Netherlands on the left to the Baltic Sea shores of Sweden on the right. The late-winter landscape has little snow cover except over northeastern Germany, Sweden, and the rugged mountains of Norway. Such images, composed by astronauts, provide unique, synoptic perspectives of the Earth's geography and natural processes. Astronaut photograph ISS006-E-33901 [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS006&roll=E&frame=33901 ] was taken February 26, 2003, with an Electronic Still Camera equipped with 28 mm lens and is provided by the Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory at Johnson Space Center. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA-JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ ] |
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Bernese Alps, Switzerland
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Bernese Alps, Switzerland |
| Description |
The formidable mountain system of the Alps stretches across much of central Europe, with seven countries claiming portions of the mountains within their borders: Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria, and Slovenia. The glacial landscape of the Bernese Alps, located in southwestern Switzerland, is well illustrated by this astronaut photograph. An astronaut took this picture by looking north-northwest while the International Space Station was over the Mediterranean Sea between Corsica and Italy. This oblique viewing angle imparts a sense of perspective to the image. This type of viewing angle complements nadir,or downward-viewing, imagery of the region. [ http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=5193 ] Three of the higher peaks of the central Alps are visible: Jungfrau at 4,158 meters (13,642 feet), Moench at 4,089 meters (13,415 feet), and Eiger at 3,970 meters (13,025 feet). To the east and south of the Jungfrau is the Aletsch Glacier, [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aletsch_Glacier ] clearly marked by dark medial moraines extending along the glacier's length parallel to the valley axis. The medial moraines are formed from rock and soil debris collected along the sides of three mountain glaciers located near the Jungfrau and Moench peaks. As these flowing ice masses merge to form the Aletsch Glacier, the debris accumulates in the middle of the glacier and is carried along the flow direction. Lake Brienz to the northwest results from the actions of both glacial ice and the flowing waters of the Aare and Lütschine rivers, and has a maximum depth of 261 meters (856 feet). The lake has a particularly fragile ecosystem, as demonstrated by the almost total collapse of the whitefish population in 1999. Possible causes for the collapse include increased water turbidity associated with upstream hydropower plant operations, and reduction of phosphorus—a key nutrient for lake algae, and a basic element of the local food web—due to water quality changes. Astronaut photograph ISS013-E-77377 [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS013&roll=E&frame=77377 ] was acquired September 5, 2006, with a Kodak 760C digital camera using an 800 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and the Image Science & Analysis Group, Johnson Space Center. The image in this article has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast. The International Space Station Program [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/home/index.html ] supports the laboratory to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ ] |
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Munich International Airport
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Munich International Airport, Germany |
| Description |
The Franz Josef Strauss, or Munich, International Airport served 29 million passengers in 2005, making it Germany's second-busiest airport, after Frankfurt. The airport serves the Bayern (Bavaria) region of southeastern Germany, and is a hub for the Lufthansa airline. Like other large international airports, the facility occupies portions of multiple municipalities including Freising, Oberding, Hallbergmoos, and Marzling. During the construction of this airport, the village of Franzheim was demolished, and its 500 residents relocated. The airport lies 31 kilometers to the northeast of Munich. Rather than being an extension of the metropolis, the airport is surrounded by agricultural fields and small towns. The agricultural fields in active use appear in various shades of green, while the exposed soils of fallow fields appear brown to tan. Roadways around the airport appear as thin, intersecting lines. The white concrete airport runways are 4 kilometers in length. At bottom center, the magnified shadows of clouds hang over the scene. The airport grew in 2003 with the addition of Terminal 2, designed specifically to accommodate the needs of Lufthansa and its partner airlines. This astronaut photograph, taken from the International Space Station, shows enough detail to distinguish individual airplanes on the terminal apron (inset, white rectangle marks location on main image), and the dark gray-blue rooftop of Terminal 2. Astronauts achieve this level of photographic detail—the image resolution approaches 4 meters/pixel—by manually tracking the motion of the ground as the spacecraft orbits the earth at more than 7 kilometers per second. This photo was taken at a relatively slow shutter speed (1/60 second), which equates to more than 100 meters of ground motion. Precise astronaut tracking is required to improve the resolution in detailed images taken with long lenses. Astronaut photograph ISS013-E-18319 [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS013&roll=E&frame=18319 ] was acquired May 12, 2006, with a Kodak 760C digital camera using an 800 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and the Image Science & Analysis Group, Johnson Space Center. The image in this article has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast. The International Space Station Program [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/home/index.html ] supports the laboratory to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. [ http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ ] |
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Mir Dreams
| Title |
Mir Dreams |
| Explanation |
This dream-like image of Mir [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/mir/ ] was recorded by astronauts as the Space Shuttle Atlantis [ http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/Rockets/ShuttleNames.asp ] approached the Russian space station prior to docking during the STS-76 mission [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-76/ index.html ]. Sporting spindly appendages and solar panels, Mir resembles a whimsical flying insect hovering about 350 kilometers above New Zealand's [ http://www.rasnz.org.nz/index.htm ] South Island and the city of Nelson [ http://webnz.com/nelsonarts/foundations.html ], near Cook Strait [ http://www.south-pole.com/p0000071.htm ]. In late March 1996, Atlantis shuttled astronaut Shannon W. Lucid [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lucid.html ] to Mir for a five month visit, increasing Mir's occupancy from 2 to 3. It returned to pick Lucid up and drop off astronaut John Blaha [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/blaha.html ] during the STS-79 mission [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-79/mission-sts-79.html ] in August of that year. Since becoming operational in 1986, Mir has [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/mir/mirvis.html ] been visited by over 100 spacefarers from the nations of planet Earth including, Russia, the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Japan, Austria, Kazakhstan and Slovakia. After joint Shuttle-Mir [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/ ] training missions in support of the International Space Station [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/index.html ], continuous occupation of Mir ended in August 1999. Mir is still in orbit and its operation is now being pursued by commercial interests [ http://www.mirstation.com/index.html ]. |
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Mir Dreams
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Mir Dreams |
| Explanation |
This dream [ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mir/day.html ]-like image of Mir [ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mir/tour.html ] was recorded by astronauts as the Space Shuttle Atlantis [ http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/Rockets/ShuttleNames.asp ] approached the Russian space station prior to docking during the STS-76 mission. Sporting spindly appendages and solar panels, Mir resembles a whimsical flying insect hovering about 350 kilometers above New Zealand's [ http://www.rasnz.org.nz/index.htm ] South Island and the city of Nelson near Cook Strait [ http://www.south-pole.com/p0000071.htm ]. In late March 1996, Atlantis shuttled astronaut Shannon W. Lucid [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lucid.html ] to Mir for a five month visit, increasing Mir's occupancy from 2 to 3. It returned to pick Lucid up and drop off astronaut John Blaha [ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/blaha.html ] during the STS-79 mission [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-79/mission-sts-79.html ] in August of that year. Since becoming operational in 1986, Mir has [ http://www.cosmicimages.com/Mir/index.html ] been visited by over 100 spacefarers from the nations of planet Earth including, Russia, the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Japan, Austria, Kazakhstan and Slovakia. After joint Shuttle-Mir [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/ ] training missions in support of the International Space Station [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/index.html ], continuous occupation of Mir ended in August 1999. The Mir was deorbited [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010323.html ] in March 2001. |
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Artist concept of Galileo sp
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Artist concept of Galileo spacecraft |
| Description |
Galileo spacecraft is illustrated in artist concept. Gallileo, named for the Italian astronomer, physicist and mathematician who is credited with construction of the first complete, practical telescope in 1620, will make detailed studies of Jupiter. A cooperative program with the Federal Republic of Germany the Galileo mission will amplify information acquired by two Voyager spacecraft in their brief flybys. Galileo is a two-element system that includes a Jupiter-orbiting observatory and an entry probe. Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is Galileo project manager and builder of the main spacecraft. Ames Research Center (ARC) has responsibility for the entry probe, which was built by Hughes Aircraft Company and General Electric. Galileo will be deployed from the payload bay (PLB) of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, during mission STS-34. |
| Date |
09.21.1988 |
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Spacelab soft mockup in the
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| Title |
Spacelab soft mockup in the environmental tent in Bremen, Germany |
| Description |
A full-scale soft mock-up of the SpaceLab is seen in the environmental tent in Bremen, West Germany. The SpaceLab is a payload facility which is carried into space by the Space Shuttle orbiter. |
| Date |
09.24.1976 |
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Views of the Mission Operati
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| Title |
Views of the Mission Operations Control room (MOCR) during STS-5 |
| Description |
Hans Mark, NASA Deputy Administrator, and Daniel M. Germany, Assistant Manager, Orbiter Project Office, monitor activity from STS-5 in the mission operations control room (MOCR) of JSC's mission control center. Arnold D. Aldrich, Manager of the Orbiter Project Office, can be seen at left background (27153), Gerald D. Griffin, JSC Director, stands near the flight director console in the MOCR. Astronaut Robert L. Stewart, STS-5 spacecraft communicator, mans the CAPCOM console at left. Others in the background include M.P. Frank, Chief of the Flight Operations Integration Office (back row), Eugene F. Kranz, Deputy Director of Flight Operations, Tommy W. Holloway, flight director (right of Griffin) (27154), Flight directors during STS-5 posed at the flight directors console are from left to right: Lawrence S. Bourgeois, Brock R. Stone, Jay H. Greene, Tommy W. Holloway, John T. Cox and Gary E. Coen. Other flight controllers are pictured in the background of the MOCR (27155). |
| Date |
02.16.1983 |
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Moselle River Gorge, Germany
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nasa, nasaimageofthedaygalle
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The Moselle ( in German) is
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ISS016-E-30127
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2008-02-17 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ISS016-E-30127 |
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STS-121 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-121 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-121 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-121 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-121 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-121 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-121 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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International Space Station Imagery |
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International Space Station Imagery |
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International Space Station Imagery |
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STS-121 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-121 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-121 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-121 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-121 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-121 Shuttle Mission Imagery |
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STS-42 Payload Specialist Me
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| Title |
STS-42 Payload Specialist Merbold inside KC-135 during zero gravity flight |
| Description |
STS-42 Payload Specialist Ulf D. Merbold (upside down) tumbles with fellow German Space Agency (DFVLR) scientist in the fuselage of KC-135 NASA 930 during a zero gravity flight the week of 05-16-88. Merbold is representing the European Space Agency (ESA) on the International Microgravity Laboratory 1 (IML-1) mission aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103. |
| Date Taken |
1988-05-24 |
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Artist concept of Galileo sp
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| Title |
Artist concept of Galileo spacecraft |
| Description |
Galileo spacecraft is illustrated in artist concept. Gallileo, named for the Italian astronomer, physicist and mathematician who is credited with construction of the first complete, practical telescope in 1620, will make detailed studies of Jupiter. A cooperative program with the Federal Republic of Germany the Galileo mission will amplify information acquired by two Voyager spacecraft in their brief flybys. Galileo is a two-element system that includes a Jupiter-orbiting observatory and an entry probe. Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is Galileo project manager and builder of the main spacecraft. Ames Research Center (ARC) has responsibility for the entry probe, which was built by Hughes Aircraft Company and General Electric. Galileo will be deployed from the payload bay (PLB) of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, during mission STS-34. |
| Date Taken |
1988-09-21 |
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STS-31 Hubble Space Telescop
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| Title |
STS-31 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) solar array (SA) mockup at MSFC, Alabama |
| Description |
A close-up shot shows an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU)-suited astronaut inspecting a solar array (SA) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) mockup in the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS) at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama. MSFC managed the design and development of the telescope. The weightlessness simulator was used to practice SA contingency procedures that might be used in space. Astronauts also practiced SA servicing missions in the simulator which they will perform on the telescope in space. The solar arrays which supply electrical power to the space telescope were developed and contributed by the European Space Agency (ESA). ESA's two prime contractors were British Aerospace in England and AEG in West Germany. The two wing-like solar arrays contain 48,000 solar cells. They convert the sun's energy to electricity during that portion of an orbit when they are exposed to sunlight. The power is stored in six batteries to support the telescope during |
| Date Taken |
1990-04-10 |
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Official portrait of STS-42
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| Title |
Official portrait of STS-42 IML-1 Payload Specialist Ulf D. Merbold |
| Description |
Official portrait of STS-42 Payload Specialist Ulf D. Merbold wearing a launch and entry suit (LES) with space shuttle orbiter model displayed in the background. Merbold is representing the European Space Agency (ESA) during the International Microgravity Laboratory 1 (IML-1) mission aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103. |
| Date Taken |
1991-12-11 |
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STS-55 crew poses for portra
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| Title |
STS-55 crew poses for portrait in front of SL-D2 module at KSC |
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STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, crewmembers pose for group portrait in front of Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) science module at a Kennedy Space Center (KSC) processing facility. These five Americans and two Germans have been assigned as prime crewmembers to support the STS-55/SL-D2 mission. Left to right (front) are Commander Steven R. Nagel, Payload Specialist 2 Hans Schlegel, Mission Specialist 3 (MS3) Bernard A. Harris, Jr, Payload Specialist 1 Ulrich Walter, and MS2 Charles J. Precourt, and (back) Pilot Terence T. Henricks and MS1 and Payload Commander (PLC) Jerry L. Ross. Walter and Schlegel are scheduled to represent the DLR as payload specialists for the mission. |
| Date Taken |
1992-11-03 |
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STS-55 Payload Specialist 2
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| Title |
STS-55 Payload Specialist 2 Hans Schlegel in LES during JSC training |
| Description |
STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, German Payload Specialist 2 Hans Schlegel takes a break during training in JSC's Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9NE. Schlegel is attired in a training version of the launch and entry suit. STS-55 is the second dedicated German (Deutsche) Spacelab flight and is designated D-2. |
| Date Taken |
1992-10-22 |
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STS-55 crew (and backups) po
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STS-55 crew (and backups) pose for portrait in front of SL-D2 module at KSC |
| Description |
STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, crewmembers and backup (alternate) payload specialists pose for group portrait in front of Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) science module at a Kennedy Space Center (KSC) processing facility. Left to right (front) are Commander Steven R. Nagel, Pilot Terence T. Henricks, Mission Specialist 2 (MS2) Charles J. Precourt, MS3 Bernard A. Harris, Jr, Payload Specialist 1 Ulrich Walter, backup Payload Specialist Dr. P. Gerhard Thiele, and Payload Specialist 2 Hans Schlegel, and (back) backup Payload Specialist Renate Brummer and MS1 and Payload Commander (PLC) Jerry L. Ross. Walter and Schlegel are scheduled to represent the DLR as payload specialists for the mission, while Brummer and Thiele will serve as alternates and fill supportive roles on the ground. |
| Date Taken |
1992-11-03 |
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STS-55 German payload specia
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| Title |
STS-55 German payload specialists and backups pose in front of SL-D2 at KSC |
| Description |
STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, German payload specialists and backup (alternate) payload specialists pose in front of the Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) science module at a Kennedy Space Center (KSC) processing facility. These four Germans have been assigned to support the STS-55/SL-D2 mission. Left to right are Payload Specialist 2 Hans Schlegel, backup Payload Specialist Dr. P. Gerhard Thiele (kneeling), Payload Specialist 1 Ulrich Walter, and backup Payload Specialist Renate Brummer. Walter and Schlegel are scheduled to fly aboard OV-102 for the mission while Brummer and Thiele will serve as alternates and fill supportive roles on the ground. Clearly visible on the SL-D2 module are the European Space Agency (ESA) insignia, the feedthrough plate, and the D2 insignia. |
| Date Taken |
1992-11-03 |
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STS-55 German payload specia
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STS-55 German payload specialists (and backups) in LESs during JSC training |
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STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, German payload specialists and backup (alternate) payload specialists, wearing launch and entry suits (LESs), pose for group portrait outside mockup side hatch in JSC's Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9NE. These payload specialists will support the STS-55 Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) mission. It is the second dedicated German (Deutsche) Spacelab flight. Left to right are backup Payload Specialists Renate Brummer and Dr. P. Gerhard Thiele, Payload Specialist 1 Ulrich Walter, and Payload Specialist 2 Hans Schlegel. |
| Date Taken |
1992-10-22 |
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STS-55 Payload Specialist Sc
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STS-55 Payload Specialist Schlegel with technicians during JSC WETF bailout |
| Description |
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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| Title |
STS-55 backup Payload Specialist Brummer uses CESP during JSC WETF bailout |
| Description |
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 |
| Description |
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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| Title |
STS-55 backup Payload Specialist Thiele in pool during JSC egress training |
| Description |
STS-55 backup German Payload Specialist Dr. P. Gerhard Thiele, wearing launch and entry suit (LES), adjusts his launch and entry helmet (LEH) as he floats in a single person life raft in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. Thiele, along with other DLR representatives, practiced procedures required in the event of a launch emergency egress (bailout) and subsequent water landing. A SCUBA-equipped diver is seen in the background. STS-55 is the second dedicated German (Deutsche) Spacelab flight and is designated D2. |
| Date Taken |
1992-12-09 |
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STS-55 backup Payload Specia
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| Title |
STS-55 backup Payload Specialist Brummer during JSC WETF egress exercises |
| Description |
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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| Title |
STS-55 backup Payload Specialist Thiele with technician in JSC's WETF |
| Description |
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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Official portrait of STS-55
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| Title |
Official portrait of STS-55 SL-D2 Payload Specialist 1 Ulrich Walter |
| Description |
German Payload Specialist 1 Ulrich Walter poses for his Official portrait. Walter is assigned to the STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) mission. This is the second dedicated German Spacelab flight. United States and German flags and a space shuttle orbiter model in launch configuration create the backdrop. |
| Date Taken |
1993-01-21 |
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Official portrait of STS-55
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| Title |
Official portrait of STS-55 SL-D2 backup Payload Specialist P. Gerhard Thiele |
| Description |
German backup Payload Specialist P. Gerhard Thiele poses for his Official portrait. Thiele has been assigned as an alternate (backup) crewmember to the STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) mission. This is the second dedicated German Spacelab flight. Thiele represents the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR). |
| Date Taken |
1993-02-02 |
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STS-55 SL-D2 crew reviews pr
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| Title |
STS-55 SL-D2 crew reviews preflight CEIT procedures in KSC conference room |
| Description |
STS-55 Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) crewmembers, seated at a conference table, discuss Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) procedures in a briefing room at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). From left are Mission Specialist 1 (MS1) and Payload Commander (PLC) Jerry L. Ross, German Payload Specialist 1 Ulrich Walter, Pilot Terence T. Henricks, Commander Steven R. Nagel, MS3 Bernard J. Harris, Jr, German Payload Specialist 2 Hans Schlegel, and MS2 Charles J. Precourt. Seated in the foreground are KSC technicians and payload integration officers. Walter and Schlegel are representatives from DLR. View provided by KSC with alternate KSC number KSC-93PC-212. |
| Date Taken |
1993-03-16 |
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Official portrait of STS-55
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| Title |
Official portrait of STS-55 SL-D2 backup Payload Specialist Renate Brummer |
| Description |
German backup Payload Specialist Renate Brummer poses for her Official portrait. Brummer has been assigned as an alternate (backup) crewmember to the STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) mission. This is the second dedicated German Spacelab flight. Brummer represents the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR). |
| Date Taken |
1993-01-20 |
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Dr. Lubos Kohoutek in Missio
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| Title |
Dr. Lubos Kohoutek in Mission Control during Skylab 4 |
| Description |
Dr. Lubos Kohoutek, discoverer of the Comet Kohoutek, is seen in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center during a visit to JSC. He is talking over a radio-telephone with the Skylab 4 crewmen in the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. Professor Kohoutek, a well-known Czechoslovakian astronomer who works at the Hamburg Observatory in West Germany, discussed the comet with Astronauts Gerald P. Carr, Edward G. Gibson, and William R. Pogue. Dr. Zdenek Sekania, who accompanied Dr. Kohoutek on the visit to JSC, is on the telephone in the left background. Dr. Sekania is with the Smithsonian Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
| Date Taken |
1974-01-03 |
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Spacelab soft mockup in the
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| Title |
Spacelab soft mockup in the environmental tent in Bremen, Germany |
| Description |
A full-scale soft mock-up of the SpaceLab is seen in the environmental tent in Bremen, West Germany. The SpaceLab is a payload facility which is carried into space by the Space Shuttle orbiter. |
| Date Taken |
1976-09-24 |
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View of activity in the Miss
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View of activity in the Mission Control Center during STS 41-D |
| Description |
The six-day 41-D mission is monitored by some NASA Officials in the flight control room (FCR-1) of JSC's mission control center. They are (l.-r., foreground) Daniel M. Germany, Manager of the Shuttle Flight Equipment Project Offices, Eugene F. Kranz, Director of Mission Operations, and Clifford E. Charlesworth, Director of Space Operations. |
| Date Taken |
1984-06-26 |
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View of the Flight Control R
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View of the Flight Control Room in the MCC during STS 51-A |
| Description |
View of the Flight Control Room (FCR) in the MCC during STS 51-A launch from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Left to right, in the foreground, are Daniel M. Germany, Manager of the Shuttle Flight Equipment project office, Eugene F. Kranz, Director of Mission Operations, Clifford E. Charlesworth, Director of Space Operations, and Janet S. Pacek, Secretary for Mission Operations Directorate (MOD). They are seated at the MOD console. |
| Date Taken |
1984-11-08 |
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STS-55 German payload specia
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STS-55 German payload specialists pose in front of SL-D2 module at KSC |
| Description |
STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, German payload specialists pose in front of the Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) science module at a Kennedy Space Center (KSC) processing facility. These two Germans have been assigned to support the STS-55/SL-D2 mission. They are Payload Specialist 2 Hans Schlegel (left) and Payload Specialist 1 Ulrich Walter. Walter and Schlegel are scheduled to fly aboard OV-102 for the mission, joining five NASA astronauts. Clearly visible on the SL-D2 module are the European Space Agency (ESA) insignia, the feedthrough plate, and the D2 insignia. |
| Date Taken |
1992-11-03 |
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