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STS-46 Launch
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STS-46 Launch |
| Date of Image |
1992-07-31 |
| Full Description |
Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on July 31, 1992 at 9:56:48 am (EDT), the STS-46 mission?s primary objectives included the deployment of the European Space Agency?s European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) and operation of the joint NASA/Italian Space Agency Tethered Satellite System (TSS). The STS-46 crew of seven included: Loren J. Shriver, commander, Andrew M. Allen, pilot, Jeffrey A. Hoffman, mission specialist 1, Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, mission specialist 2, Claude Nicollier, mission specialist 3, Marsha S. Ivins, mission specialist 4, and Franco Malerba, payload specialist 1. |
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STS-46 Launch
| Name of Image |
STS-46 Launch |
| Date of Image |
1992-07-31 |
| Full Description |
Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on July 31, 1992 at 9:56:48 am (EDT), the STS-46 mission?s primary objectives included the deployment of the European Space Agency?s European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) and operation of the joint NASA/Italian Space Agency Tethered Satellite System (TSS). The STS-46 crew of seven included: Loren J. Shriver, commander, Andrew M. Allen, pilot, Jeffrey A. Hoffman, mission specialist 1, Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, mission specialist 2, Claude Nicollier, mission specialist 3, Marsha S. Ivins, mission specialist 4, and Franco Malerba, payload specialist 1. |
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STS-46 Crew Portrait
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STS-46 Crew Portrait |
| Date of Image |
1992-05-01 |
| Full Description |
The STS-46 crew portrait includes 7 crew members. Seated in front (left to right) are Andrew M. Allen, pilot, and Loren J. Shriver, commander. Standing (left to right) are Marsha S. Ivins, mission specialist 4, Claude Nicollier, mission specialist 3, Jeffrey A. Hoffman, mission specialist 1, Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, mission specialist 2, and Franco Malerba, payload specialist 1. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on July 31, 1992 at 9:56:48 am (EDT), the mission?s primary objectives included the deployment of the European Space Agency?s European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) and operation of the joint NASA/Italian Space Agency Tethered Satellite System (TSS). |
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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 |
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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. |
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1992-04-24 |
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STS-46 crewmembers and backup payload specialist in JSC WETF egress training |
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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. |
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1992-04-24 |
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STS-46 crewmembers during water egress training in JSC's WETF Bldg 29 |
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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. |
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1992-04-24 |
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STS-46 Atlantis, OV-104, crew participates in fire training at JSC |
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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 crewmembers line up along hose during fire training at JSC |
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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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Official portrait of the STS
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Official portrait of the STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, crew |
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The crewmembers assigned to NASA's STS-46 mission pose with seven flags that represent participation on the flight. Commander Loren J. Shriver (right), holding launch and entry helmet (LEH), and Pilot Andrew M. Allen (left), also holding LEH, are seated in the front. Standing behind them and wearing launch and entry suits (LESs) are (left to right) Mission Specialist (MS) Marsha S. Ivins, MS Claude Nicollier (representing the European Space Agency (ESA)), MS and Payload Commander (PLC) Jeffrey A. Hoffman, MS Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, and Payload Specialist Franco Malerba (flying for the Italian Space Agency (ASI)). The flags (left to right) represent the United States of America (USA), Costa Rica (Chang-Diaz's native country), Italy, Switzerland (Nicollier's homeland), NASA, ESA, and ASI. Portrait made by NASA JSC photographer Robert L. Walck. |
| Date Taken |
1992-07-31 |
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STS-46 "blue" shift crewmembers look up from work on OV-104's flight deck |
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STS-46 "blue" shift crewmembers look up from checklist procedures to have their picture taken on the forward flight deck of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. Seated at the commanders station (left) is Pilot Andrew M. Allen with Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba positioned in front of the center console and European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist seated at the pilots station (right). MS Marsha S. Ivins is in the interdeck access hatch at the right bottom corner of the photo. |
| Date Taken |
1992-08-08 |
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STS-46 crewmembers work on O
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STS-46 crewmembers work on OV-104's aft flight deck |
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STS-46 crewmembers work on the aft flight deck of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, during operations with the Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1). Pictured are (left to right): Mission Specialist (MS) Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, shirtless, Commander Loren J. Shriver at onorbit station controls reviewing checklist, European Space Agency (ESA) MS Claude Nicollier at onorbit station controls, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba at the payload station controls, and Pilot Andrew M. Allen perched on headrest of the commanders seat. MS Marsha S. Ivins used a 35mm camera with a 16mm lens to take this picture. |
| Date Taken |
1992-08-08 |
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STS-46 crew poses for onboar
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STS-46 crew poses for onboard (in-space) portrait on OV-104's middeck |
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STS-46 crewmembers pose for onboard (in-space) portrait on the middeck of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. In the rear are (left to right) Commander Loren J. Shriver, Pilot Andrew M. Allen, and Mission Specialist (MS) Franklin R. Chang-Diaz. In the front are (left to right) European Space Agency (ESA) MS Claude Nicollier, MS and Payload Commander (PLC) Jeffrey A. Hoffman, MS Marsha S. Ivins, and Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba. Note that the crewmembers are positioned parallel to the middeck floor with the sleep station (starboard side of the middeck) appearing in the background. |
| Date Taken |
1992-08-08 |
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