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Columbia by Leroy Chiao of Johnson Space Center (JSC)
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STS-65 Mission Specialist Chiao examines SARSAT PLB during bailout briefing |
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STS-65 Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao checks out the space shuttle search and rescue satellite aided tracking (SARSAT) portable locating beacon (PLB) during emergency egress bailout briefing held in a conference room in the Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. The PLB would be used in the event of an emergency egress situation from the space shuttle. Chiao will join five other NASA astronauts and a Japanese payload specialist for the second International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2) mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year. |
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1994-03-07 |
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STS-65 Mission Specialist Chiao and Payload Specialist Mukai at JSC's WETF |
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STS-65 Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao, outfitted in a launch and entry suit (LES), and Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, in LES, sit on chairs along the poolside prior to a launch emergency egress training (bailout) exercise in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. The two crewmembers await a simulated parachute drop into the pool. A portion of the STS-65 crew was in the WETF for bailout training. Mukai, representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA), will join Chiao and five other NASA astronauts for the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year. |
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1994-03-08 |
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STS-65 Mission Specialist Chiao and backup payload specialist Favier at WETF |
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STS-65 Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao, outfitted in a launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), and backup payload specialist Jean-Jacques Favier, in LES, discuss procedures on the poolside prior to launch emergency egress training (bailout) exercise in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Chiao will join five other NASA astronauts and a Japanese payload specialist later this year for two weeks aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, in support of the second International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission. Favier represents France's Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES). |
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1994-03-08 |
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STS-65 Mission Specialist Chiao in LES at pre-test WETF bailout briefing |
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STS-65 Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao, outfitted in a launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), listens to a briefing on procedures that would become necessary in the event of an emergency egress situation from the Space Shuttle. The astronaut was in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 for the launch emergency egress training (bailout) exercise. Chiao will join five other NASA astronauts and a Japanese payload specialist for the second International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year. |
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1994-03-08 |
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STS-65 Mission Specialist Chiao floats in a single person raft in JSC's WETF |
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Having just deployed a small, single-person life raft, astronaut and STS-65 Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao, outfitted in a launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), floats in a 25-feet deep pool at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). The astronaut was in the Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool for a training exercise, designed to familiarize crewmembers with procedures to call on in the event of an emergency egress situation with the Space Shuttle. Chiao will join five other NASA astronauts and a Japanese payload specialist for the second International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year. |
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1994-03-08 |
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STS-65 crewmembers don LES equipment for MAIL Bldg 9NE egress training |
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Attired in partial pressure launch and entry suits (LESs), two mission specialists and a payload specialist for the STS-65 International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission, prepare to rehearse emergency escape procedures and other flight tasks. Technicians help crewmembers (left to right) Mission Specialist (MS) Leroy Chiao, MS Donald A. Thomas, and Japanese Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai don LES equipment. Mukai represents Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA). In addition to the emergency egress training, the seven crewmembers also simulated their duties for launch and entry phases of the scheduled 13-day flight aboard Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102. The training session was held in Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9NE. |
| Date Taken |
1994-04-04 |
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STS-65 Columbia, OV-102, IML
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STS-65 Columbia, OV-102, IML-2 crew during egress training in MAIL Bldg 9NE |
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STS-65 crewmembers, wearing launch and entry suits (LESs) and seated in front of the side hatch crew escape system (CES) pole trainer, listen as crew training staffer describes the sky genie. From left are Commander Robert D. Cabana, Pilot James D. Halsell, Jr, Mission Specialist (MS) and Payload Commander (PLC) Richard J. Hieb, MS Carl E. Walz, MS Leroy Chiao, MS Donald A. Thomas, and Japanese Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai. Mukai represents the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan. The STS-65 crew was in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC's) Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9NE for crew egress training. The seven-member crew will support the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, later this year. |
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1994-04-04 |
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STS-65 crewmembers and backup participate in bench review at Boeing Building |
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STS-65 crewmembers, wearing clean suits, look over equipment to be carried aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, for the scheduled July flight of the second International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2) mission. Surrounding a table full of equipment at Boeing's Flight Equipment Processing Facility near the Johnson Space Center (JSC), are (left to right) Mission Specialist (MS) Leroy Chiao, MS Donald A. Thomas, Commander Robert D. Cabana, Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, Payload Commander (PLC) Richard J. Hieb, and backup (alternate) payload specialist Jean-Jacques Favier. Mukai represents Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) and Favier represents France's Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales. Photo taken by NASA JSC contract photographer Scott A. Wickes. |
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1994-06-23 |
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STS-65 International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) insignia |
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STS-65 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) insignia represents the continuation of science and technology investigations that require the low-gravity environment of space as was the case of its predecessor IML-1 January 1992. The mission will have emphasis on experiments that study the effects of microgravity on materials processes and human organisms. Crewmembers will be NASA astronauts Commander Robert D. Cabana, Pilot James D. Halsell, Jr, Mission Specialist (MS) and Payload Commander (PLC) Richard J. Hieb, MS Carl E. Walz, MS Donald A. Thomas, and MS Leroy Chiao, along with Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai. Mukai represents the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of JApan. |
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1994-04-01 |
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STS-65 crew works inside the
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STS-65 crew works inside the IML-2 spacelab module aboard Columbia, OV-102 |
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In the spacelab science module aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, four members of the STS-65 crew busy themselves with experiments in support of the second International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2) mission. Mission Specialist (MS) Donald A. Thomas with his feet hooked on a center aisle stowage unit handrail talks with MS Leroy Chiao in the foreground while Payload Commander (PLC) Richard J. Hieb takes notes at Rack 5 Biorack (BR) glovebox. Japanese Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai reviews her notes in the background. Mukai represents the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan. |
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1994-07-23 |
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STS-65 Columbia, Orbiter Veh
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STS-65 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, crew insignia |
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STS-65 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, crew insignia (logo), the Official insignia of the NASA STS-65 International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission. Designed by the crewmembers, the STS-65 insignia features the IML-2 mission and its Spacelab module which will fly aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. IML-2 is reflected in the emblem by two gold stars shooting toward the heavens behind the IML lettering. The Space Shuttle Columbia is depicted orbiting the logo and reaching off into space, with Spacelab on an international quest for a better understanding of the effects of space flight on materials processing and life sciences. The STS-65 flight crewmembers are Commander Robert D. Cabana, Pilot James D. Halsell, Jr, Mission Specialist (MS) and Payload Commander (PLC) Richard J. Hieb, MS Carl E. Walz, MS Leroy Chiao, MS Donald A. Thomas, and Japanese Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai. |
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1994-03-01 |
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STS-65 Columbia, OV-102, IML
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STS-65 Columbia, OV-102, IML-2 Official crew portrait |
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STS-65 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) Official crew portrait shows its seven crewmembers wearing launch and entry suits (LESs). The six NASA astronauts and a Japanese payload specialist take a break from STS-65 training to pose for their portrait. Left to right are Mission Specialist (MS) and Payload Commander (PLC) Richard J. Hieb, holding mission insignia, MS Leroy Chiao, Pilot James D. Halsell, Jr, Commander Robert D. Cabana, Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, MS Donald A. Thomas, holding launch and entry helmet (LEH), and Carl E. Walz. Mukai represents the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan.Portrait made by NASA JSC contract photographer Scott A. Wickes. |
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1994-04-01 |
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STS-65 crew poses for onboar
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STS-65 crew poses for onboard (inflight) portrait in IML-2 spacelab module |
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The traditional inflight crew portrait has all seven crewmembers together in the spacelab science module for one of the rare occasions on the 14-plus day mission. On the front row Commander Robert D. Cabana is flanked by Pilot James D. Halsell, Jr and Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai representing the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan. On the back row (left to right) are Payload Commander (PLC) Richard J. Hieb, Mission Specialist (MS) Donald A. Thomas, MS Carl E. Walz, and MS Leroy Chiao. Crewmembers are wearing their mission polo shirts for the portrait. Inside this module, the crew conducted experiments in support of the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) mission. |
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1994-07-23 |
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STS-65 Mission Specialist Chiao in front of IML-2 Rack 3 aboard OV-102 |
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STS-65 Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao is seen in the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) spacelab science module in front of Rack 3 and above center aisle equipment. Chiao has just made an observation of the goldfish container (silver apparatus on left between his right hand and knee). The Rack 3 Aquatic Animal Experiment Unit (AAEU) also contains Medaka and newts. Chiao joined five other NASA astronauts and a Japanese payload specialist for two weeks of experimenting onboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, in Earth orbit. |
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1994-07-23 |
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STS-65 astronauts and 1990 A
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STS-65 astronauts and 1990 Astronaut Class 13 members pose on OV-102's middeck |
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STS-65 crewmembers who were also members of the 1990 Astronaut Class 13 (Group 13) pose in front of the sleep station on the middeck of Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102. During off-duty time, the four crewmembers from the 1990 class display the Group 13 insignia. The "hairballs" pictured (left to right) are Mission Specialist (MS) Donald A. Thomas, Pilot James D. Halsell, Jr, MS Carl E. Walz, and MS Leroy Chiao. Banners from John Carroll University, KEIO, and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) appear behind them. Onboard items fastened to the open airlock hatch include a cassette tape recorder, a handheld microphone, and a plaid lintless towel. |
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1994-07-23 |
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STS-65 crewmembers work at I
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STS-65 crewmembers work at IML-2 Rack 5 Biorack (BR) aboard Columbia, OV-102 |
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STS-65 Mission Specialist (MS) Leroy Chiao (top) and MS Donald A. Thomas are seen at work in the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) spacelab science module aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102. The two crewmembers are conducting experiments at the IML-2 Rack 5 Biorack (BR). Chiao places a sample in the BR incubator as Thomas handles another sample inside the BR glovebox. The glovebox is used to prepare samples for BR and slow rotating centrifuge microscope (NIZEMI) experiments. |
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1994-07-23 |
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STS-65 crew onboard portrait
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STS-65 crew onboard portrait in IML-2 spacelab module with mission flag |
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In the spacelab science module aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, the seven crewmembers pose for the traditional onboard (inflight) crew portrait. Displayed in the background is a flag with the International Microgravity Laboratory 2 (IML-2) insignia and Columbia inscribed along the edge. In the front row (left to right) are Mission Specialist (MS) Carl E. Walz and MS Donald A. Thomas. Behind them (left to right) are Payload Commander (PLC) Richard J. Hieb, Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, Commander Robert D. Cabana, MS Leroy Chiao, and Pilot James D. Halsell, Jr. Mukai represents the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan. Crewmembers are wearing their mission polo shirts for the portrait. Inside this module, the crew conducted experiments in support of the IML-2 mission. |
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1994-07-23 |
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