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Name of Image Onboard photo: Flight Engineer and Mission Specialist Wendy Lawrence
Date of Image 1995-03-02
Full Description Astronaut Tamara Jernigan, STS-67 payload commander, and payload specialist Samuel T. Durrance use the absence of gravity for a perusal of Astro-2 targets in a loose-leaf, Rolodex-type collection of data. The two are in the mid-deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Night Launch of STS-67 and A …
Title Night Launch of STS-67 and ASTRO-2
Description The Space Shuttle Endeavour embarks on NASA's longest Shuttle flight to date, carrying a complement of unique telescopes that will give astronomers a view of the universe impossible to obtain from the ground. Endeavour's liftoff from Launch Pad 39A occurred at 1:38:13 a.m. EST, March 2. Mission STS-67 is commanded by Stephen S. Oswald, William G. Gregory is the pilot, Tamara E. Jernigan is payload commander, Wendy B. Lawrence is a mission specialist and flight engineer, John M. Grunsfeld also is a mission specialist, and Samuel T. Durrance and Ronald A. Parise are the payload specialists. Endeavour's mission is scheduled to last 15 days, 13 hours, allowing the crew to conduct around-the- clock observations with the Astro-2 observatory, a trio of telescopes designed to study the universe of ultraviolet astronomy. Because of Earth's protective ozone layer, ultraviolet light from celestial objects does not reach ground-based telescopes, and such studies can only be conducted from space. The 68th flight of the Space Shuttle program -- the eighth for Endeavour -- is scheduled to conclude with a landing at the Kennedy Space Center.
Date 03.02.1995
Night Launch of STS-67 w/vie …
Title Night Launch of STS-67 w/view of Space Shuttle Main Engines
Description The Space Shuttle Endeavour embarks on NASA's longest Shuttle flight to date, carrying a complement of unique telescopes that will give astronomers a view of the universe impossible to obtain from the ground. Endeavour's liftoff from Launch Pad 39A occurred at 1:38:13 a.m. EST, March 2. Mission STS-67 is commanded by Stephen S. Oswald, William G. Gregory is the pilot, Tamara E. Jernigan is payload commander, Wendy B. Lawrence is a mission specialist and flight engineer, John M. Grunsfeld also is a mission specialist, and Samuel T. Durrance and Ronald A. Parise are the payload specialists. Endeavour's mission is scheduled to last 15 days, 13 hours, allowing the crew to conduct around-the- clock observations with the Astro-2 observatory, a trio of telescopes designed to study the universe of ultraviolet astronomy. Because of Earth's protective ozone layer, ultraviolet light from celestial objects does not reach ground-based telescopes, and such studies can only be conducted from space. The 68th flight of the Space Shuttle program -- the eighth for Endeavour -- is scheduled to conclude with a landing at the Kennedy Space Center.
Date 03.02.1995
STS-67 Crew Pre Launch Break …
Title STS-67 Crew Pre Launch Breakfast
Description In the Operations and Checkout Building, members of the STS-67 flight crew have gathered for a meal prior to suiting up and departing for the launch pad. The crew will split into two teams during their upcoming spaceflight for around-the-clock operations with the primary payload, the Astro-2 observatory, and some of them are having dinner while others are having breakfast, depending on their shift. From left are: Payload Specialist Ronald A. Parise, Mission Specialist John M. Grunsfeld, Pilot William G. Gregory, Mission Commander Stephen S. Oswald, Payload Commander Tamara E. Jernigan, Payload Specialist Samuel T. Durrance, and Mission Specialist Wendy B. Lawrence. Awaiting the crew at Launch Pad 39A is the Space Shuttle Endeavour, scheduled for liftoff during a launch window opening at 1:37 a.m. EST, March 2.
Date 03.01.1995
STS-67 Flight crew DEPARTs O …
Title STS-67 Flight crew DEPARTs O&C Building
Description The STS-67 flight crew departs the Operations and Checkout Building, headed for Launch Pad 39A. Leading the way are Mission Commander Stephen S. Oswald (right) and Pilot William G. Gregory, followed by (front to back, beginning third from right) Payload Specialists Samuel T. Durrance and Ronald A. Parise, Payload Commander Tamara E. Jernigan, and Mission Specialists John M. Grunsfeld and Wendy B. Lawrence. Awaiting the crew is the Space Shuttle Endeavour, undergoing final preparations for liftoff during a launch window opening at 1:37 a.m. EST, March 2.
Date 03.01.1995
STS-67 Payload Specialists D …
Title STS-67 Payload Specialists Durrance and Parise suit up
Description In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-67 Payload Specialists Samuel T. Durrance (left) and Ronald A. Parise have finished donning their launch/entry suits and chat with astronaut Joe Tanner while waiting for the rest of the crew. The two payload specialists -- who are both making their second trip into space -- and five fellow crew members will soon depart for Launch Pad 39A, where the Space Shuttle Endeavour is being readied for liftoff during a launch window opening at 1:37 a.m. EST, March 2.
Date 03.01.1995
STS-35 Columbia, Orbiter Veh …
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STS-35 Columbia, Orbiter Veh …
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STS-35 ASTRO-1 MS Parker and …
Title STS-35 ASTRO-1 MS Parker and Payload Specialist Durrance train at MSFC
Description STS-35 Mission Specialist (MS) Robert A.R. Parker (left) and Payload Specialist Samuel T. Durrance practice Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) experiment procedures in a space shuttle aft flight deck mockup in the Payload Crew Training Complex at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama. For all Spacelab missions, shuttle crew members train regularly in the facility in preparation to operate experiments on their Spacelab missions. The ASTRO-1 crew will operate the ultraviolet telescopes and instrument pointing system (IPS) from Columbia's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102's, aft flight deck. The seven-member ASTRO-1 crew will work around the clock, in 12-hour shifts, to allow the maximum number of observations to be made during their nine or ten days in orbit. In addition to the commander and pilot, the crew consistss of three MSs and two payload specialists. (MSs are career astronauts who are trained in a specialized field. Payload specialists are members of the science in
Date Taken 1990-05-22
STS-67 in-flight crew portra …
Title STS-67 in-flight crew portrait
Description The STS-67/ASTRO-2 crew members pose for their traditional inflight portrait on the aft flight deck of the Earth orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavour. Left to right in the front are astronauts Tamara E. Jernigan, payload commander, Steven S. Oswald, mission commander, and William G. Gregory, pilot. Left to right on the back row are astronaut Wendy B. Lawrence, flight engineer, payload specialists Ronald A. Parise and Samuel T. Durrance, and John M. Grunsfeld, mission specialist.
Date Taken 1995-03-03
Official STS-67 preflight cr …
Title Official STS-67 preflight crew portrait
Description Official STS-67 preflight crew portrait. In front are astronauts (left to right) Stephen S. Oswald, mission commander, Tamara E. Jernigan, payload commander, and William G. Gregory, pilot. In the back are (left to right) Ronald A. Parise, payload specialist, astronauts Wendy B. Lawrence, and John Grunsfeld, both mission specialists, and Samuel T. Durrance, payload specialist. Dr. Durrance is a research scientist in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Parise is a senior scientist in the Space Observatories Department, Computer Sciences Corporation, Silver Spring, Maryland. Both payload specialists flew aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia for STS-35/ASTRO-1 mission in December 1990.
Date Taken 1995-05-11
Astronauts Jernigan and Durr …
Title Astronauts Jernigan and Durrance with Rolodex-type collection of data
Description Astronaut Tamara Jernigan, STS-67 payload commander, and payload specialist Samuel T. Durrance use the absence of gravity for a perusal of Astro-2 targets in a loose-leaf, Rolodex-type collection of data. The two are in the middeck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Date Taken 1995-03-09
Astronauts Grunsfeld and Dur …
Title Astronauts Grunsfeld and Durrance take a break from ASTRO-2 work
Description Astronauts John M. Grunsfeld (left), STS-67 mission specialist, and payload specialist Samuel T. Durrance take a break from ASTRO-2 work on the flight deck of the Earth orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavour. This aft flight deck location was used almost round-the-clock during the record-setting, almost 17 day ASTRO-2 mission, to collect data from the universe. Durrance is a principle research scientist in the Physics and Astronomy Department at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Durrance is a co-investigator and Assistant Project Scientist for the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT).
Date Taken 1995-03-03
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