NASA Photo ID: S92-34365           File Name: 10064802.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 04/24/92
  Title: STS-46 crewmembers and backup payload specialist in JSC WETF egress training
  Description:
  STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, Pilot Andrew M. Allen, wearing 
  launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helment (LEH), is assisted 
  by training support personnel as he prepares to simulate a parachute glide 
  into water (the pool) during a launch emergency egress (bailout) simulation 
  in JSC's Weightless Environment Training Facility Bldg 29.  Allen holds
  onto  the parachute straps before he is hoisted over the pool.  Also in LES
  gear  and waiting along the poolside are (left to right) backup Italian
  Payload  Specialist Umberto Guidoni, Italian Payload Specialist Franco
  Malerba, and  European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude
  Nicollier.   SCUBA-equipped divers in the pool are seen at the bottom of
  the frame  listening to instructions.           
  
  Subject terms:
  ASTRONAUT TRAINING                      
  ASTRONAUTS                              
  CREWS                                   
  EGRESS                                  
  ESCAPE SYSTEMS                          
  EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY                   
  HARNESSES                               
  HELMETS                                 
  INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION               
  ITALIAN SPACE PROGRAM                   
  ITALY                                   
  LAUNCH AND ENTRY SUIT                   
  PARACHUTES                              
  PAYLOAD SPECIALISTS                     
  PERSONNEL                               
  PRESSURE SUITS                          
  SPACE FLIGHT TRAINING                   
  STS-46                                  
  WATER LANDING                           
  

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