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Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) by Claude Nicollier
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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. |
| Date Taken |
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, European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier (right) and Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba (left), seated at the pool's side, listen to instructions before participating in a launch emergency egress (bailout) simulation in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. The two participants are wearing launch and entry suits (LESs). |
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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, European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier (left) and backup Italian Payload Specialist Umberto Guidoni, seated at the pool's side, relax before participating in a launch emergency egress (bailout) simulation in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. The two participants are wearing launch and entry suits (LESs) during the pretest briefing. |
| Date Taken |
1992-04-24 |
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STS-46 ESA MS Nicollier in l
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STS-46 ESA MS Nicollier in life raft during water egress training at JSC WETF |
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STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier, wearing launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), floats in a one-person life raft during a launch emergency egress (bailout) simulation conducted in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. |
| Date Taken |
1992-04-24 |
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ESA MS Nicollier, in EMU, is
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ESA MS Nicollier, in EMU, is ready for JSC WETF underwater simulation |
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European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier, fully suited in an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU), is ready for an underwater extravehicular activity (EVA) simulation and familiarization session in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. The platform Nicollier is standing on is being lowered into the 25 ft deep pool. The weights around Nicollier's ankles were added to make him neutrally buoyant. |
| Date Taken |
1987-09-25 |
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ESA MS Nicollier, in EMU, is
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ESA MS Nicollier, in EMU, is ready for underwater simulation in JSC's WETF |
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European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier, fully suited in an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU), raises his arms victoriously after a long donning struggle. The platform Nicollier is standing on will be lowered into JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. Once underwater, Nicollier will participate in an extravehicular activity (EVA) simulation and familiarization session. |
| Date Taken |
1987-09-25 |
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ESA MS Nicollier, assisted b
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ESA MS Nicollier, assisted by technicians, dons EMU in JSC's WETF Bldg 29 |
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European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier, assisted by technicians, struggles to get his arms through the sleeves of the extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) upper torso. Nicollier is preparing for an underwater extravehicular activity (EVA) simulation and familiarization session in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. |
| Date Taken |
1987-09-25 |
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European Space Agency (ESA)
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European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist Nicollier trains in JSC's WETF |
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European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier (left) is briefed by Randall S. McDaniel on Space Shuttle extravehicular activity (EVA) tools and equipment prior to donning an extravehicular mobility unit and participating in an underwater EVA simulation in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. Nicollier is holding the EMU mini workstation. Other equipment on the table includes EVA tool caddies and EVA crewmember safety tethers. |
| Date Taken |
1987-09-23 |
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ESA MS Nicollier, assisted b
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ESA MS Nicollier, assisted by technicians, dons EMU lower torso in JSC's WETF |
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European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier, seated and wearing a liquid cooling and ventilation garment (LCVG), pulls on the extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) lower torso as a technician straightens the EMU leg. Nicollier is preparing for an underwater extravehicular activity (EVA) simulation and familiarization session in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. |
| Date Taken |
1987-09-25 |
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ESA MS Nicollier extends moc
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ESA MS Nicollier extends mockup tetherline prior to JSC WETF simulation |
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European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier, turning a crank, extends a tetherline from a reel mounted on a mockup of the forward payload bay (PLB) bulkhead. Nicollier familiarizes himself with the operation of the safety tether system prior to donning an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) and participating in an underwater extravehicular activity (EVA) simu- lation in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. |
| Date Taken |
1987-09-25 |
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ESA Mission Specialist (MS)
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ESA Mission Specialist (MS) Nicollier dons EMU for simulation in JSC's WETF |
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European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier, smiling, pauses during the donning of his extravehicular mobility unit (EMU). Nicollier is preparing for an underwater extravehicular activity (EVA) simulation and familiarization session in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. Hanging from the EMU neck ring is the communications carrier assembly (CCA) strap. |
| Date Taken |
1987-09-25 |
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ESA MS Nicollier is lowered
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ESA MS Nicollier is lowered into JSC's WETF pool for underwater simulation |
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European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier, fully suited in an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) and standing on a platform, is lowered into JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool for an underwater extravehicular activity (EVA) simulation and familiarization session. Nicollier's EMU is weighted to facilitate a neutrally buoyant condition. He is assisted by two SCUBA-equipped divers. |
| Date Taken |
1987-09-25 |
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ESA MS Nicollier, assisted b
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ESA MS Nicollier, assisted by technicians, dons EMU upper torso in JSC's WETF |
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European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier, wearing liquid cooling and ventilation garment (LCVG) and extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) lower torso, crouches under EMU upper torso. Technicians extend the sleeves enabling Nicollier to insert his arms into the armholes. Once fully suited in the EMU, Nicollier will be lowered via the platform into JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool for an underwater extravehicular activity (EVA) simulation and familiarization session. |
| Date Taken |
1987-09-26 |
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ESA Mission Specialist (MS)
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ESA Mission Specialist (MS) Nicollier dons EMU for simulation in JSC's WETF |
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European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier dons extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 prior to an underwater extravehicular activity (EVA) simulation. Hanging from the EMU neck ring is the communications carrier assembly (CCA). |
| Date Taken |
1987-09-23 |
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