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STS-45 by Michael Foale of Johnson Space Center (JSC)
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Official portrait of the STS
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Official portrait of the STS
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STS-45 MS Foale in EMU prepa
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STS-45 MS Foale in EMU prepares for underwater exercises in JSC's WETF pool |
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STS-45 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Mission Specialist (MS) C. Michael Foale, fully suited in an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU), stands on a platform which will lower him into the nearby pool for an underwater simulation of contingency extravehicular activity (EVA) procedures. The pool is located in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Weights are added around Foale's ankles so he will be neutrally buoyant during the simulation. |
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1991-03-07 |
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STS-45 MS Foale in EMU is lo
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STS-45 MS Foale in EMU is lowered into JSC's WETF pool for underwater test |
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STS-45 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Mission Specialist (MS) C. Michael Foale, fully suited in an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) and standing on a platform, is lowered into a 25 ft deep pool for an underwater simulation of contingency extravehicular activity (EVA) procedures. The pool is located in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. Weights are added around Foale's ankles so he will be neutrally buoyant during the simulation. SCUBA-equipped divers (swimmers) assist during the exercise. |
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1991-03-07 |
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STS-45 MS Foale dons EMU equ
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STS-45 MS Foale dons EMU equipment prior to JSC WETF underwater simulation |
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STS-45 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Mission Specialist (MS) C. Michael Foale, wearing an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) and communications carrier assembly (CCA), verifies that the communications equipment is working before donning EMU helmet. Foale is preparing for an underwater simulation of contingency extravehicular activity (EVA) procedures in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 pool. |
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1991-03-07 |
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STS-45 MS Foale dons EMU wit
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STS-45 MS Foale dons EMU with technicians' help in JSC's WETF Bldg 29 |
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STS-45 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Mission Specialist (MS) C. Michael Foale stands on a platform as technicians help him don his extravehicular mobility unit (EMU). The technicians are preparing to connect the EMU upper and lower torsos at the waist ring. When fully suited, Foale will be lowered into a nearby 25 ft deep pool for an underwater simulation of contingency extravehicular activity (EVA) procedures. The pool is located in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29. |
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1991-03-07 |
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STS-45 crewmembers during ze
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STS-45 crewmembers during zero gravity activities onboard KC-135 NASA 930 |
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STS-45 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, crewmembers and backup payload specialist participate in zero gravity activities onboard KC-135 NASA 930. The crewmembers, wearing flight suits, float and tumble around an inflated globe during the few seconds of microgravity created by parabolic flight. With his hand on the fuselage ceiling is Payload Specialist Dirk D. Frimout. Clockwise from his position are Mission Specialist (MS) C. Michael Foale, Pilot Brian Duffy, backup Payload Specialist Charles R. Chappell, MS and Payload Commander (PLC) Kathryn D. Sullivan (with eye glasses), Commander Charles F. Bolden, and Payload Specialist Byron K. Lichtenberg. |
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1991-08-21 |
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STS-45 crewmembers during ze
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STS-45 crewmembers during zero gravity activities onboard KC-135 NASA 930 |
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STS-45 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, crewmembers and backup payload specialist participate in zero gravity activities onboard KC-135 NASA 930. The crewmembers, wearing flight suits, float and tumble around an inflated globe during the few seconds of microgravity created by parabolic flight. Clockwise from the globe are backup Payload Specialist Charles R. Chappell, Commander Charles F. Bolden, Payload Specialist Byron K. Lichtenberg, Mission Specialist (MS) and Payload Commander (PLC) Kathryn D. Sullivan (with eye glasses), MS C. Michael Foale, Payload Specialist Dirk D. Frimout (face partially blocked by globe), and Pilot Brian Duffy. |
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1991-08-21 |
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STS-45 crewmembers during ze
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STS-45 crewmembers during zero gravity activities onboard KC-135 NASA 930 |
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STS-45 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, crewmembers and backup payload specialist participate in zero gravity activities onboard KC-135 NASA 930. The crewmembers, wearing flight suits and floating, pose around an inflated globe. Clockwise from bottom left are Payload Specialist Byron K. Lichtenberg, Mission Specialist (MS) and Payload Commander (PLC) Kathryn D. Sullivan (with eye glasses), Commander Charles F. Bolden, MS C. Michael Foale, Payload Specialist Dirk D. Frimout, backup Payload Specialist Charles R. Chappell, and Pilot Brian Duffy. |
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1991-08-21 |
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STS-45 crewmembers during LI
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STS-45 crewmembers during LINHOF camera briefing in JSC's Bldg 4 rm 2026A |
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STS-45 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, crewmembers including Commander Charles F. Bolden, Pilot Brian Duffy, Mission Specialist (MS) and Payload Commander (PLC) Kathryn D. Sullivan, MS David C. Leestma, Payload Specialist Dirk D. Frimout (26405), Payload Specialist Byron K. Lichtenberg, and MS C. Michael Foale and backup payload specialist Charles R. Chappell participate in LINHOF camera briefing in JSC's Flight Operations Facility Bldg 4 rm2026A. Crewmembers sit around conference table (left to right) Frimout, Chappell, Duffy, Sullivan, Leestma, Lichtenberg, and Foale with Bolden standing. James H. Ragan (far right), head of the flight equipment section of the flight systems branch in JSC's Man Systems Division, briefs crewmembers. Crew training staff member and Rockwell International (RI) employee Donald C. Carico stands at door near Bolden. Frimout is from Belgium and is representing the European Space Agency (ESA) during the STS-45 mission. |
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1992-01-24 |
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Official portrait of the STS
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Official portrait of the STS-45 Atlantis, OV-104, crewmembers |
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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. |
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1992-03-24 |
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STS-45 MS Foale operates pan
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STS-45 MS Foale operates panel A2 switches on OV-104's aft flight deck |
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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. |
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1992-04-02 |
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STS-45 Payload Specialist Fr
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STS-45 Payload Specialist Frimout and MS Foale with DSO 621 on OV-104's middeck |
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STS-45 Payload Specialist Dirk D. Frimout (left) and Mission Specialist (MS) C. Michael Foale (shirtless) conduct Detailed Supplementary Objective (DSO) 621, Inflight Use of Florinef to Improve Orthostatic Intolerance After Flight, on the middeck of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. The purpose of DSO 621 is to evaluate the efficacy of the drug on postflight orthostatic tolerance using heart rate, blood pressure, stroke volume and other cardiovascular responses to orthostatic stress. A penlight flashlight freefloats above Frimout's shoulder. The crewmembers are in front of the port side galley with a calculator, food containers, and DSO 621 supplies velcroed to it. Behind Foale are a camcorder and the forward middeck lockers. |
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1992-04-02 |
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STS-45 crew poses for onboar
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STS-45 crew poses for onboard (in-space) portrait on OV-104's flight deck |
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STS-45 crewmembers pose for onboard (in-space) portrait on the forward flight deck of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. In the front are Mission Specialist (MS) and Payload Commander (PLC) Kathryn D. Sullivan (left) and Commander Charles F. Bolden. Behind them are (left to right) MS David C. Leestma, Pilot Brian Duffy, Payload Specialist Byron K. Lichtenberg, Payload Specialist Dirk D. Frimout, and MS C. Michael Foale. (The "headpieces" worn by Sullivan and Bolden are actually shadows.) |
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1992-04-02 |
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