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STS-71 Dunbar, Budarin, Prec …

Title	STS-71 Dunbar, Budarin, Precourt and Solovyev at SLF
Description	Enthusiasm shows on the faces of STS-71 crew members as they complete one more leg of the journey into space. Arriving at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility from Johnson Space Center, Houston, are (from left) Mission Specialist Bonnie J. Dunbar, Mir 19 Flight Engineer Nikolai M. Budarin, STS-71 Pilot Charles J. Precourt, and Mir 19 Mission Commander Anatoly Solovyev. The countdown clock is already ticking toward a liftoff on June 23 of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on Mission STS-71, slated to become the first docking between the U.S. Shuttle and the Russian Space Station Mir.
Date	06.20.1995

STS-71 Mission Specialist Bo …

Title	STS-71 Mission Specialist Bonnie J. Dunbar arrives at KSC
Description	STS-71 Mission Specialist Bonnie J. Dunbar arrives at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility from Johnson Space Center, Houston. Dunbar and the rest of the STS-71 flight crew are ready for the scheduled June 23 liftoff of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on an historic mission to complete the first U.S. docking with the Russian Space Station Mir. Two Russian cosmonauts on Atlantis will transfer to Mir, and the three crew members currently on Mir will return to Earth in the orbiter. Dunbar served as the backup to one of those crewmembers, U.S. astronaut Dr. Norm Thagard, and completed extensive cosmonaut training in Russia with Thagard.
Date	06.20.1995

Flight Crew at Pad 39A, Term …

Title	Flight Crew at Pad 39A, Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test
Description	U.S. astronauts and Russian cosmonauts training for the STS-71 mission aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis pose for a group portrait in the Launch Pad 39A white room, beside the orbiter crew hatch. They are participating in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT), a dress rehearsal for launch. In back row, clockwise from left, are Pilot Charles J. Precourt, Mission Specialists Bonnie J. Dunbar and Gregory J. Harbaugh, Mission Commander Robert L. "Hoot" Gibson, and cosmonaut Anatoly Y. Solovyev. In front row, from left, are alternate cosmonaut Yuri I. Onufrienko, cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Mission Specialist Dr. Ellen S. Baker and alternate cosmonaut Yuri V. Usachev. The five astronauts and two Russian cosmonauts, Solovyev and Budarin, will lift off on Shuttle Atlantis for a rendezvous and docking with the Russian Mir Space Station. The two cosmonauts will transfer to Mir as crew members of the Mir 19 mission, and Atlantis will pick up the two Mir 18 cosmonauts and astronaut Dr. Norman E. Thagard for the return trip to Earth. Thagard and the two Mir 18 cosmonauts have been on the Russian space station since mid-March. STS-71 is targeted for launch no earler than June 22.
Date	05.24.1995

STS-32 crew exit KSC O and C …

Title	STS-32 crew exit KSC O and C during Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT)
Description	STS-32 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, crewmembers, wearing launch and entry suits (LESs), leave the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Operations and Checkout (O and C) Building enroute to the launch pad during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). From left are: Comander Daniel C. Brandenstein, Mission Specialist (MS) Marsha S. Ivins, MS Bonnie J. Dunbar, MS G. David Low, and Pilot James D. Wetherbee. View provided by KSC with alternate number KSC-89PC-1264.
Date Taken	1989-12-20

STS-32 MS Dunbar looks on as …

Title	STS-32 MS Dunbar looks on as technicians prepare LES equipment in white room
Description	STS-32 Mission Specialist (MS) Bonnie J. Dunbar, wearing launch and entry suit (LES), looks on as technicians prepare LES equipment in the white room on the orbiter access arm at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A before entering Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102. In the background, a technician looks through OV-102 side hatch.
Date Taken	1990-01-20

STS-32 crewmembers wave as t …

Title	STS-32 crewmembers wave as they leave KSC O and C Bldg for launch pad
Description	STS-32 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, crewmembers depart the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Operations and Checkout (O and C) Building enroute to KSC Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A. Dubious weather at the return-to-launch site (RTLS) caused postponement of yesterday's planned launch. From left to right are Mission Specialist (MS) G. David Low, MS Marsha S. Ivins, MS Bonnie J. Dunbar, Pilot James D. Wetherbee, and Commander Daniel C. Brandenstein. All crewmembers are wearing launch and entry suits (LESs) and Low, Ivins, and Wetherbee wave to spectactors as they head to the transportation van. Following the crew are astronaut Michael L. Coats (left) and NASA-JSC manager Donald R. Puddy.
Date Taken	1990-01-20

STS-32 MS Dunbar speaks to s …

Title	STS-32 MS Dunbar speaks to spectators at KSC SLF as crewmembers look on
Description	STS-32 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, Mission Specialist (MS) Bonnie J. Dunbar speaks to spectators at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) as fellow crewmembers look on. Behind Dunbar are (left to right) MS G. David Low, MS Marsha S. Ivins, Pilot James D. Wetherbee, and Commander Daniel C. Brandenstein. Visible in the background are a van, T-38A aircraft, and the mate demate facility.
Date Taken	1990-01-20

STS-32 Pilot Wetherbee dons …

Title	STS-32 Pilot Wetherbee dons LES equipment in KSC LC Pad 39A white room
Description	STS-32 Pilot James D. Weatherbee, wearing launch and entry suit (LES), is assisted by a technician as he dons LES parachute in the white room on the orbiter access arm at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A. When fully equipped, Wetherbee will enter Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102. In the foreground, Mission Specialist (MS) Bonnie J. Dunbar looks on.
Date Taken	1990-01-20

STS-32 Columbia, OV-102, cre …

Title	STS-32 Columbia, OV-102, crew eats preflight breakfast at KSC O and C Bldg
Description	STS-32 crewmembers eat preflight breakfast at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Operations and Checkout (O and C) Building before boarding Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102. Sitting around table (left to right) are Mission Specialist (MS) Marsha S. Ivins, MS Bonnie J. Dunbar, Commander Daniel C. Brandenstein, Pilot James D. Wetherbee, and MS G. David Low. A cake decorated with the STS-32 mission insignia is in the center of the table. Crewmembers are wearing red, white, and blue mission polo shirts and have displayed their sunglasses with neckbands on the table in front of them.
Date Taken	1990-01-20

STS-32 crewmembers pose for …

Title	STS-32 crewmembers pose for portrait in front of T-38As upon KSC arrival
Description	STS-32 crewmembers, wearing flight coveralls (jumpsuits), pose for group portrait at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF). In front of a line of T-38As are (left to right) Commander Daniel C. Brandenstein, Mission Specialist (MS) Marsha S. Ivins, MS G. David Low, MS Bonnie J. Dunbar, and Pilot James D. Wetherbee.
Date Taken	1990-01-20

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