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Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) by Andrew M. Allen of Italy
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STS-46 crewmembers and backu
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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 wa
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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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