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Space Shuttle Orbiter and Mission Specialist by Leroy Chiao
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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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Astronaut Leroy Chiao, assigned as mission specialist for the mission, prepares to ascend stairs to the flight deck of the fixed base Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS) at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). |
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STS-72 TRAINING VIEW --- Astronaut Leroy Chiao, assigned as mission specialist for the mission, prepares to ascend stairs to the flight deck of the fixed base Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS) at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Chiao will join an international mission specialist and four other NASA astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour for a scheduled nine-day mission, now set for the winter of this year. |
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1996-01-11 |
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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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