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SPARTAN 204 freeflying durin …

Title	SPARTAN 204 freeflying during STS-63 mission
Description	The blackness of space and part of Earth's horizon form the backdrop for this 70mm frame of the free-flying SPARTAN 204 mission. Carried into space by the STS-63 crewmembers, the satellite was later re-captured by the crew and used for maneuvering evaluations by the two space walkers, astronauts Bernard Harris and Michael Foale.
Date	02.09.1995

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Still celebrating his recent …

Description	Still celebrating his recent homecoming and reunion with his family, astronaut C. Michael Foale picks up his 3-year-son Ian, while his 5-year-old daughter, Jenna, stands by at the Skid Strip on Cape Canaveral Air Station. They are scheduled to depart shortly for the astronauts? home base at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Foale spent approximately four-and-a-half months on the Russian Space Station Mir. He returned to Earth on Oct. 6 aboard the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis at the conclusion of the STS-86 mission. STS-86 was the seventh docking of the Space Shuttle with the Mir. Foale was replaced on the Mir by STS-86 Mission Specialist David A. Wolf
Release Date	10/07/1997

Official portrait of the STS …

Title	Official portrait of the STS-45 Atlantis, OV-104, crewmembers
Description	Official portrait of the STS-45 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, crewmembers selected for the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science 1 (ATLAS-1) mission. Wearing launch and entry suits (LESs), holding launch and entry helmets (LEHs), and seated in front are Commander Charles F. Bolden (right) and Pilot Brian Duffy (left). Standing behind them, also in LESs, are (left to right) Payload Specialist Byron K. Lichtenberg, Mission Specialist (MS) C. Michael Foale, MS Daivd C. Leestma, MS and Payload Commander (PLC) Kathryn D. Sullivan, and Payload Specialist Dirk D. Frimout of Belgium. The backdrop is the Earth limb at sunset and was added using a double exposure technique by NASA JSC contract photographer Mark Sowa.
Date Taken	1992-03-24

STS-45 MS Foale operates pan …

Title	STS-45 MS Foale operates panel A2 switches on OV-104's aft flight deck
Description	During a "daylight" pass over Earth, Mission Specialist (MS) C. Michael Foale enjoys an out-the-window view of the payload bay (PLB) from his position on aft flight deck of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. Standing in front of the onorbit station control panels, Foale operates panel A2 switches. Overhead window W8 appears above Foale and aft flight deck viewing window W10 in front of him. A checklist and a package of food are velcroed to panel A7.
Date Taken	1992-04-02

STS-56 MS1 Foale and MS2 Coc …

Title	STS-56 MS1 Foale and MS2 Cockrell on aft flight deck of Discovery, OV-103
Description	STS-56 Mission Specialist 1 (MS1) Michael Foale (left) and MS2 Kenneth D. Cockrell pose on aft flight deck of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, for this in-cabin electronic still camera (ESC) photograph. The two crewmembers are positioned in front of the onorbit station with a beam of sunlight shining through overhead window W8. The cable on the bottom right is part of the Hand-held, Earth-oriented, Real-time, Cooperative, User-friendly, Location-targeting and Environmental System (HERCULES), connecting the HERCULES Attitude Processor (HAP) to the Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU). In-cabin shots with the camera are for test purposes only. HERCULES is a device that makes it simple for Shuttle crewmembers to take pictures of Earth as they merely point and shoot any interesting feature, whose latitude and longitude are automatically determined in real time. Digital file name is ESC01008.TGA.
Date Taken	1993-04-17

STS-56 crew poses for onboar …

Title	STS-56 crew poses for onboard (inflight) portrait on OV-103's aft flight deck
Description	STS-56 crewmembers pose for onboard (inflight) portrait on the aft flight deck of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103. In front are Commander Kenneth Cameron (left) and Mission Specialist 1 (MS1) Michael Foale. In back are (left to right) MS3 Ellen Ochoa, Pilot Stephen S. Oswald, and MS2 Kenneth D. Cockrell. The crew is positioned next to the onorbit station with the Earth's blue and white surface appearing in overhead windows W7 and W8 above them. A 35mm camera with a 20mm lens was used to expose this frame.
Date Taken	1993-04-17

STS-56 MS1 Foale uses SAREX …

Title	STS-56 MS1 Foale uses SAREX on forward flight deck of Discovery, OV-103
Description	STS-56 Mission Specialist 1 (MS1) Michael Foale, wearing headset, uses the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment II (SAREX-II) while sitting at the pilots station on the forward flight deck of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103. Foale smiles from behind the microphone as he listens to amateur radio operators on Earth via the SAREX equipment. SAREX cables and the interface module freefloat in front of Foale. The SAREX laptop (portable) computer is positioned on the forward window sill. Sunlight is visible through forward windows W4, W5 in the background. SAREX was established by NASA, the American Radio League/Amateur Radio Satellite Corporation and the JSC Amateur Radio Club to encourage public participation in the space program through a program to demonstrate the effectiveness of conducting short-wave radio transmissions between the Shuttle and ground-based radio operators at low-cost ground stations with amateur and digital techniques. As on several previous missions, SAREX was used on
Date Taken	1993-04-17

STS-56 crew poses for onboar …

Title	STS-56 crew poses for onboard (inflight) portrait on OV-103's aft flight deck
Description	STS-56 crewmembers pose for onboard (inflight) portrait on the aft flight deck of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103. In front are Commander Kenneth Cameron (left) and Mission Specialist 1 (MS1) Michael Foale. In back are (left to right) MS3 Ellen Ochoa, Pilot Stephen S. Oswald, and MS2 Kenneth D. Cockrell. The crew is positioned next to the onorbit station with the Earth's blue and white surface appearing in overhead windows W7 and W8 above them. A 35mm camera with a 20mm lens was used to expose this frame.
Date Taken	1993-04-17

SPARTAN 204 freeflying durin …

Title	SPARTAN 204 freeflying during STS-63 mission
Description	The blackness of space and part of Earth's horizon form the backdrop for this 70mm frame of the free-flying SPARTAN 204 mission. Carried into space by the STS-63 crewmembers, the satellite was later re-captured by the crew and used for maneuvering evaluations by the two space walkers, astronauts Bernard Harris and Michael Foale.
Date Taken	1995-02-09

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