NASA Photo ID: S91-35881           File Name: 10065003.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 05/01/91
  Title: STS-48 MS Buchli dons EMU with technicians' assistance prior to JSC WETF dive
  Description:
  STS-48 Mission Specialist (MS) James F. Buchli, wearing an extravehicular 
  mobility unit (EMU) and communications carrier assembly (CCA), smiles as he 
  listens to a technician's instructions prior to an underwater
  extravehicular  activity (EMU) session in JSC's Weightless Environment
  Training Facility  (WETF) Bldg 29. Buchli is fully suited with the
  exception of his helmet  as he stands on the WETF platform.  He will be
  lowered into the WETF's  25-foot deep pool and once underwater he will
  practice contingency EVA  operations for his upcoming mission aboard
  Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle  (OV) 103.             
  Subject terms:
  ASTRONAUT TRAINING                      
  ASTRONAUTS                              
  COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT                 
  CREWS                                   
  EXTRAVEHICULAR MOBILITY UNITS           
  GLOVES                                  
  NEUTRAL BUOYANCY SIMULATION             
  PERSONNEL                               
  PLATFORMS                               
  SPACE FLIGHT TRAINING                   
  STS-48                                  
  WEIGHTLESS ENVIRONMENT TRAINING         
  

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