NASA Photo ID: S91-53691           File Name: 10065106.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 01/02/92
  Title: STS-49 Mission Specialist (MS) Hieb prepares for EVA simulation in JSC's WETF
  Description:
  STS-49 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, Mission Specialist (MS) Richard 
  J. Hieb, fully suited in an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU), adjusts the 
  EMU mini workstation attached to the EMU upper torso as technicians look
  on. Hieb is preparing for International Telecommunications Satellite
  Organization  (INTELSAT) on-orbit repair and redeployment simulation
  activities in JSC's  Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg
  29. In the spring of  next year, Hieb will exit the shirt-sleeve
  environment of OV-105 to assist in  capturing the errant INTELSAT VI
  communications spacecraft and to install a  perigee stage on the satellite
  to help it achieve its originally intended  geosynchronous orbital
  position.  Hieb is fitted with weights on his  pressurized spacesuit to
  help him achieve neutral buoyancy in the WETF pool.           
  
  Subject terms:
  ASTRONAUT TRAINING                      
  ASTRONAUTS                              
  CREWS                                   
  EXTRAVEHICULAR MOBILITY UNITS           
  NEUTRAL BUOYANCY SIMULATION             
  PERSONNEL                               
  SPACE FLIGHT TRAINING                   
  STS-49                                  
  TETHERLINES                             
  WEIGHTLESS ENVIRONMENT TRAINING         
  

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