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STS-61 crew utilizing Virtual Reality in training for HST repair mission

Title	STS-61 crew utilizing Virtual Reality in training for HST repair mission
Description	Astronaut Jeffrey A. Hoffman, one of four crewmembers for STS-61 that will conduct scheduled spacewalks during the flight, wears a special helmet and gloves designed to assist in proper positioning near the telescope while on the end of the robot arm. Crewmembers are utilizing a new virtual reality training aid which assists in refining positioning patterns for Space Shuttle Endeavour's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) (36890), Astronaut Claude Nicollier looks at a computer display of the Shuttle's robot arm movements as Thomas D. Akers and Kathryn C. Thornton, mission specialists look on. Nicollier will be responsible for maneuvering the astronauts while they stand in a foot restraint on the end of the RMS arm (36891,36894), Hoffman wears a special helmet and gloves designed to assist in proper positioning near the telescope while on the end of the robot arm (35892), Nicollier looks at a computer display of the Shuttle's robot arm movements as Akers looks on (36893), While (l-r) Astron
Date Taken	1993-06-21

Title	STS-61 crew utilizing Virtual Reality in training for HST repair mission
Description	Astronaut Jeffrey A. Hoffman, one of four crewmembers for STS-61 that will conduct scheduled spacewalks during the flight, wears a special helmet and gloves designed to assist in proper positioning near the telescope while on the end of the robot arm. Crewmembers are utilizing a new virtual reality training aid which assists in refining positioning patterns for Space Shuttle Endeavour's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) (36890), Astronaut Claude Nicollier looks at a computer display of the Shuttle's robot arm movements as Thomas D. Akers and Kathryn C. Thornton, mission specialists look on. Nicollier will be responsible for maneuvering the astronauts while they stand in a foot restraint on the end of the RMS arm (36891,36894), Hoffman wears a special helmet and gloves designed to assist in proper positioning near the telescope while on the end of the robot arm (35892), Nicollier looks at a computer display of the Shuttle's robot arm movements as Akers looks on (36893), While (l-r) Astron
Date Taken	1993-06-21

STS-61 crewmembers training with the Remote Manipulator System

Title	STS-61 crewmembers training with the Remote Manipulator System
Description	The Remote Manipulator System (RMS) eases a mannequin representing an astronaut into position for an STS-61 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing task in the Space Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory at JSC (35699, 35703), Wide-angle view of the RMS easing a mannequin into position for work on the HST mock-up in bldg 9N (35700-1), Swiss scientist Claude Nicollier, mission specialist, works the control of the RMS during a training session in the manipulator development facility (MDF) in JSC's Shuttle mock-up and integration laboratory. Astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox (left), pilot, is among the other crewmembers in training for the STS-61 HST servicing mission (35702).
Date Taken	1993-06-08

Title	STS-61 crew utilizing Virtual Reality in training for HST repair mission
Description	Astronaut Jeffrey A. Hoffman, one of four crewmembers for STS-61 that will conduct scheduled spacewalks during the flight, wears a special helmet and gloves designed to assist in proper positioning near the telescope while on the end of the robot arm. Crewmembers are utilizing a new virtual reality training aid which assists in refining positioning patterns for Space Shuttle Endeavour's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) (36890), Astronaut Claude Nicollier looks at a computer display of the Shuttle's robot arm movements as Thomas D. Akers and Kathryn C. Thornton, mission specialists look on. Nicollier will be responsible for maneuvering the astronauts while they stand in a foot restraint on the end of the RMS arm (36891,36894), Hoffman wears a special helmet and gloves designed to assist in proper positioning near the telescope while on the end of the robot arm (35892), Nicollier looks at a computer display of the Shuttle's robot arm movements as Akers looks on (36893), While (l-r) Astron
Date Taken	1993-06-21

Title	STS-61 crew utilizing Virtual Reality in training for HST repair mission
Description	Astronaut Jeffrey A. Hoffman, one of four crewmembers for STS-61 that will conduct scheduled spacewalks during the flight, wears a special helmet and gloves designed to assist in proper positioning near the telescope while on the end of the robot arm. Crewmembers are utilizing a new virtual reality training aid which assists in refining positioning patterns for Space Shuttle Endeavour's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) (36890), Astronaut Claude Nicollier looks at a computer display of the Shuttle's robot arm movements as Thomas D. Akers and Kathryn C. Thornton, mission specialists look on. Nicollier will be responsible for maneuvering the astronauts while they stand in a foot restraint on the end of the RMS arm (36891,36894), Hoffman wears a special helmet and gloves designed to assist in proper positioning near the telescope while on the end of the robot arm (35892), Nicollier looks at a computer display of the Shuttle's robot arm movements as Akers looks on (36893), While (l-r) Astron
Date Taken	1993-06-21

Title	STS-61 crewmembers training with the Remote Manipulator System
Description	The Remote Manipulator System (RMS) eases a mannequin representing an astronaut into position for an STS-61 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing task in the Space Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory at JSC (35699, 35703), Wide-angle view of the RMS easing a mannequin into position for work on the HST mock-up in bldg 9N (35700-1), Swiss scientist Claude Nicollier, mission specialist, works the control of the RMS during a training session in the manipulator development facility (MDF) in JSC's Shuttle mock-up and integration laboratory. Astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox (left), pilot, is among the other crewmembers in training for the STS-61 HST servicing mission (35702).
Date Taken	1993-06-08

Title	STS-61 crew utilizing Virtual Reality in training for HST repair mission
Description	Astronaut Jeffrey A. Hoffman, one of four crewmembers for STS-61 that will conduct scheduled spacewalks during the flight, wears a special helmet and gloves designed to assist in proper positioning near the telescope while on the end of the robot arm. Crewmembers are utilizing a new virtual reality training aid which assists in refining positioning patterns for Space Shuttle Endeavour's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) (36890), Astronaut Claude Nicollier looks at a computer display of the Shuttle's robot arm movements as Thomas D. Akers and Kathryn C. Thornton, mission specialists look on. Nicollier will be responsible for maneuvering the astronauts while they stand in a foot restraint on the end of the RMS arm (36891,36894), Hoffman wears a special helmet and gloves designed to assist in proper positioning near the telescope while on the end of the robot arm (35892), Nicollier looks at a computer display of the Shuttle's robot arm movements as Akers looks on (36893), While (l-r) Astron
Date Taken	1993-06-21

Title	STS-61 crewmembers training with the Remote Manipulator System
Description	The Remote Manipulator System (RMS) eases a mannequin representing an astronaut into position for an STS-61 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing task in the Space Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory at JSC (35699, 35703), Wide-angle view of the RMS easing a mannequin into position for work on the HST mock-up in bldg 9N (35700-1), Swiss scientist Claude Nicollier, mission specialist, works the control of the RMS during a training session in the manipulator development facility (MDF) in JSC's Shuttle mock-up and integration laboratory. Astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox (left), pilot, is among the other crewmembers in training for the STS-61 HST servicing mission (35702).
Date Taken	1993-06-08

Title	STS-61 crew utilizing Virtual Reality in training for HST repair mission
Description	Astronaut Jeffrey A. Hoffman, one of four crewmembers for STS-61 that will conduct scheduled spacewalks during the flight, wears a special helmet and gloves designed to assist in proper positioning near the telescope while on the end of the robot arm. Crewmembers are utilizing a new virtual reality training aid which assists in refining positioning patterns for Space Shuttle Endeavour's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) (36890), Astronaut Claude Nicollier looks at a computer display of the Shuttle's robot arm movements as Thomas D. Akers and Kathryn C. Thornton, mission specialists look on. Nicollier will be responsible for maneuvering the astronauts while they stand in a foot restraint on the end of the RMS arm (36891,36894), Hoffman wears a special helmet and gloves designed to assist in proper positioning near the telescope while on the end of the robot arm (35892), Nicollier looks at a computer display of the Shuttle's robot arm movements as Akers looks on (36893), While (l-r) Astron
Date Taken	1993-06-21

Title	STS-61 crew utilizing Virtual Reality in training for HST repair mission
Description	Astronaut Jeffrey A. Hoffman, one of four crewmembers for STS-61 that will conduct scheduled spacewalks during the flight, wears a special helmet and gloves designed to assist in proper positioning near the telescope while on the end of the robot arm. Crewmembers are utilizing a new virtual reality training aid which assists in refining positioning patterns for Space Shuttle Endeavour's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) (36890), Astronaut Claude Nicollier looks at a computer display of the Shuttle's robot arm movements as Thomas D. Akers and Kathryn C. Thornton, mission specialists look on. Nicollier will be responsible for maneuvering the astronauts while they stand in a foot restraint on the end of the RMS arm (36891,36894), Hoffman wears a special helmet and gloves designed to assist in proper positioning near the telescope while on the end of the robot arm (35892), Nicollier looks at a computer display of the Shuttle's robot arm movements as Akers looks on (36893), While (l-r) Astron
Date Taken	1993-06-21

Title	STS-61 crewmembers training with the Remote Manipulator System
Description	The Remote Manipulator System (RMS) eases a mannequin representing an astronaut into position for an STS-61 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing task in the Space Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory at JSC (35699, 35703), Wide-angle view of the RMS easing a mannequin into position for work on the HST mock-up in bldg 9N (35700-1), Swiss scientist Claude Nicollier, mission specialist, works the control of the RMS during a training session in the manipulator development facility (MDF) in JSC's Shuttle mock-up and integration laboratory. Astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox (left), pilot, is among the other crewmembers in training for the STS-61 HST servicing mission (35702).
Date Taken	1993-06-08

Title	STS-61 crewmembers training with the Remote Manipulator System
Description	The Remote Manipulator System (RMS) eases a mannequin representing an astronaut into position for an STS-61 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing task in the Space Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory at JSC (35699, 35703), Wide-angle view of the RMS easing a mannequin into position for work on the HST mock-up in bldg 9N (35700-1), Swiss scientist Claude Nicollier, mission specialist, works the control of the RMS during a training session in the manipulator development facility (MDF) in JSC's Shuttle mock-up and integration laboratory. Astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox (left), pilot, is among the other crewmembers in training for the STS-61 HST servicing mission (35702).
Date Taken	1993-06-08

Title	STS-61 crew portrait
Description	STS-61 crew portrait. Left to right (seated) are Astronauts Kenneth D. Bowersox, pilot, Kathryn C. Thornton, F. Story Musgrave, and Claude Nicollier, all mission specialists. Left to right (standing) are Astronauts Ricard O. Covey, mission commander, Jeffrey A. Hoffman and Thomas D. Akers, mission specialists. On the left side of the table is a model of the Hubble Space Telescope, on the right a model of the Space Shuttle. In the middle is a plaque of the STS-61 crew insignia.
Date Taken	1993-10-01

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