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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.

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.

STS-46 Crew Portrait

Name of Image	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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Title	STS-46 crewmembers and backup payload specialist in JSC WETF egress training
Description	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.
Date Taken	1992-04-24

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Title	STS-46 Atlantis, OV-104, crew participates in fire training at JSC
Description	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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Title	Official portrait of the STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, crew
Description	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

STS-46 crewmembers work on O …

Title	STS-46 crewmembers work on OV-104's aft flight deck
Description	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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Title	STS-46 crew poses for onboard (in-space) portrait on OV-104's middeck
Description	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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