NASA Photo ID: S92-34364           File Name: 10064801.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 04/24/92
  Title: STS-46 MS Nicollier and Payload Specialist Malerba during JSC egress training
  Description:
  STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, European Space Agency (ESA) 
  Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier (left) and Italian Payload     
  Specialist Franco Malerba, wearing launch and entry suits (LESs) and launch 
  and entry helmets (LEHs), pose on the poolside of JSC's Weightless 
  Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29.  The two crewmembers are 
  preparing for a launch emergency egress (bailout) simulation during which 
  they will be dropped into the WETF pool.  After landing in the water they 
  will test crew escape system (CES) equipment and flotation devices.                
  
  Subject terms:
  ASTRONAUT TRAINING                      
  CREWS                                   
  EGRESS                                  
  ESCAPE SYSTEMS                          
  EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY                   
  HELMETS                                 
  INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION               
  ITALIAN SPACE PROGRAM                   
  ITALY                                   
  LAUNCH AND ENTRY SUIT                   
  PAYLOAD SPECIALISTS                     
  PRESSURE SUITS                          
  SPACE FLIGHT TRAINING                   
  STS-46                                  
  WATER LANDING                           
  

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