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Official portrait of Franco Malerba, STS-46 payload specialist

Title	Official portrait of Franco Malerba, STS-46 payload specialist
Description	Official portrait of Franco Malerba, STS-46 payload specialist, wearing blue flight suit, with flag, space shuttle and tethered satellite system (TSS) models.
Date Taken	1991-09-03

Portrait of STS-46 Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba taken at MSFC

Title	Portrait of STS-46 Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba taken at MSFC
Description	STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba, seated and wearing a navy blue flight suit, poses with model of Tethered Satellite System (TSS) and the Italian and United States flags. The TSS-1 is a NASA and Italian Space Agency (ASI) joint effort that will fly aboard OV-104 during STS-46.
Date Taken	1992-03-12

STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba on the middeck of JSC's FFT mockup

Title	STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba on the middeck of JSC's FFT mockup
Description	STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba with his hand resting on the crew escape system (CES) pole stands on the middeck of the Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT) located in JSC's Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9. Malerba, wearing a flight suit, familiarizes himself with the operation of the CES pole which extends out the shuttle mockup's open side hatch. The CES pole is used if emergency egress is required during the launch or ascent phase of flight.
Date Taken	1992-03-11

STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba at aft flight deck controls in JSC mockup

Title	STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba at aft flight deck controls in JSC mockup
Description	STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba, wearing flight suit, operates controls on the aft flight deck of the Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT) located in JSC's Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9. During the training session, Malerba adjusts a control on the A3 panel closed circuit television (CCTV). Onorbit station panels appear in front of Malerba and payload station controls behind him.
Date Taken	1992-03-11

STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba sits at the pilots station in JSC mockup

Title	STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba sits at the pilots station in JSC mockup
Description	STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba sits at the pilots station on the forward flight deck of the Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT) located in JSC's Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9. Malerba, wearing a flight suit, is participating in a hardware familiarity training session.
Date Taken	1992-03-11

STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba and MS Nicollier prepare for JSC training

Title	STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba and MS Nicollier prepare for JSC training
Description	STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba (left) and European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier, wearing their launch and entry suits (LESs), take a break from an emergency egress training session held in JSC's Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9.
Date Taken	1992-03-11

STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba, in LES, during for JSC egress training

Title	STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba, in LES, during for JSC egress training
Description	STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba, wearing launch and entry suit (LES), stands at the Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT) side hatch awaiting his turn to enter the mockup. Crewmembers participated in hardware familiarity training and emergency egress training in the FFT located in JSC's Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9. In the background a second crewmember is seen through the side hatch on the FFT middeck.
Date Taken	1992-03-11

STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba during water egress training in JSC's WETF

Title	STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba during water egress training in JSC's WETF
Description	STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba takes a break from launch emergency egress procedures conducted in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Malerba is wearing a launch and entry suit (LES).
Date Taken	1992-03-26

STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba in JSC's WETF pool during egress training

Title	STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba in JSC's WETF pool during egress training
Description	STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba, wearing launch and entry suit (LES) and clamshell helmet, laughes as he floats in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. Malerba's flotation vest (life jacket) and two SCUBA-equipped divers keep him afloat after he was dropped into the pool during a launch emergency egress simulation.
Date Taken	1992-03-26

STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba during water egress training at JSC's WETF

Title	STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba during water egress training at JSC's WETF
Description	Poolside, STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba, seated, listens to a NASA training support staffer during launch emergency egress simulation conducted in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. Malerba, wearing a launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), will be suspended above the WETF pool via the orange parachute harness straps which extend in front of him.
Date Taken	1992-03-26

Title	STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba during water egress training at JSC's WETF
Description	STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba, smiles, prior to launch emergency egress simulation in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. Malerba is fully equipped with crew escape system (CES) gear including launch and entry suit (LES), launch and entry helmet (LEH), and parachute pack.
Date Taken	1992-03-26

STS-46 Pilot Allen and Payload Specialist Malerba in life rafts at JSC's WEFT

Title	STS-46 Pilot Allen and Payload Specialist Malerba in life rafts at JSC's WEFT
Description	STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Pilot Andrew M. Allen (foreground) and Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba, wearing launch and entry suits (LESs) and launch and entry helmets (LEHs), float in one-person life rafts during a launch emergency egress (bailout) simulation in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. A SCUBA-equipped diver assists in the training activity.
Date Taken	1992-04-24

STS-46 crewmembers and backup payload specialist in JSC WETF egress training

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

STS-46 MS Nicollier and Payload Specialist Malerba during JSC egress training

Title	STS-46 MS Nicollier and Payload Specialist Malerba during JSC egress training
Description	STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier (left) and Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba, wearing launch and entry suits (LESs) and launch and entry helmets (LEHs), pose on the poolside of JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. The two crewmembers are preparing for a launch emergency egress (bailout) simulation during which they will be dropped into the WETF pool. After landing in the water they will test crew escape system (CES) equipment and flotation devices.
Date Taken	1992-04-24

STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba uses extinguisher during JSC firefighting

Title	STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba uses extinguisher during JSC firefighting
Description	STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba shoots fire extinguisher spray at the base of a blazing fire during fire fighting and fire training exercises at JSC's Fire Training Pit located across from the Gilruth Center Bldg 207. Behind Malerba are the fire fighting training instructor, firemen, and European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier, holding a camcorder.
Date Taken	1992-05-20

STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba TOP experiment on OV-104's aft flight deck

Title	STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba TOP experiment on OV-104's aft flight deck
Description	STS-46 Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba, wearing eye glasses and a headband with a penlight flashlight attached, points a camera through a window shade covering overhead window W7 on the aft flight deck of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. Malerba is conducting the Tether Optical Phenomena (TOP) experiment. The camera is mounted on a bracket attached to onorbit station panel A6 and is equipped with image intensifiers and special filters. Surrounding Malerba are aft flight deck viewing window W9, aft windows shades, the pilots station seat back, and checklists clipped overhead. Other camera equipment appears in the view.
Date Taken	1992-08-08

STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba looks out window on OV-104's flight deck

Title	STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba looks out window on OV-104's flight deck
Description	STS-46 Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba points to activities outside the aft flight deck overhead window W8 aboard Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. Malerba's back is parallel to the aft flight deck floor with onorbit panels appearing above his head and his feet at the forward flight deck. Malerba is watching Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) operations.
Date Taken	1992-08-08

STS-46 Italian Payload Specialist Malerba uses laptop PGSC on OV-104 middeck

Title	STS-46 Italian Payload Specialist Malerba uses laptop PGSC on OV-104 middeck
Description	STS-46 Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba, wearing communications kit assembly headset (HDST), uses laptop payload and general support computer (PGSC) on the middeck of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. Malerba is positioned in front of the airlock and surrounded by the interdeck access ladder (foreground), a cycle ergometer (directly behind him), the forward lockers (background), and the sleep station (at his left). Food, candy, hygiene kits, beverage containers, and film reels are attached to the forward lockers.
Date Taken	1992-08-08

Title	STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba sits at the pilots station in JSC mockup
Description	STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba sits at the pilots station on the forward flight deck of the Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT) located in JSC's Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9. Malerba, wearing a flight suit, operates the control stick and enters data on the C2 panel keypad. He is participating in a hardware familiarity training session.
Date Taken	1992-03-11

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