NASA Photo ID: S92-30535           File Name: 10064792.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 03/11/92
  Title: STS-46 Payload Specialist Malerba on the middeck of JSC's FFT mockup
  Description:
  STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Italian Payload Specialist
  Franco  Malerba with his hand resting on the crew escape system (CES) pole
  stands on  the middeck of the Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT) located in JSC's
  Mockup and  Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9.  Malerba, wearing a
  flight suit,  familiarizes himself with the operation of the CES pole which
  extends out the  shuttle mockup's open side hatch. The CES pole is used if
  emergency egress is  required during the launch or ascent phase of flight.               
  
  Subject terms:
  ATLANTIS (ORBITER)                      
  CREWS                                   
  INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION               
  ITALIAN SPACE PROGRAM                   
  ITALY                                   
  LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEMS                   
  MIDDECK                                 
  MOCK-UP                                 
  PAYLOAD SPECIALISTS                     
  POLES (SUPPORTS)                        
  SPACE FLIGHT TRAINING                   
  STS-46                                  
  

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