NASA Photo ID: S91-34735           File Name: 10065107.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 04/24/91
  Title: STS-49 MS Thuot, in EMU, practices INTELSAT capture during WETF simulation
  Description:
  STS-49 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, Mission Specialist (MS) Pierre
  J.  Thuot trains for International Telecommunications Satellite
  Organization  (INTELSAT) VI satellite on-orbit repair and redeployment in
  JSC's Weightless  Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 during an
  underwater simulation.  Thuot, wearing an extravehicular mobility unit
  (EMU), captures INTELSAT VI  mockup from its underside (aft side) while
  positioned on the manipulator foot  restraint (MFR) and utilizing capture
  bar. This view documents the beginning  of lengthy training sessions for
  STS-49.  Assigned for the initial flight of  OV-105, the mission is
  scheduled to repair the INTELSAT VI communications  satellite, stranded in
  an errant orbit since March 1990.  SCUBA-equipped  divers assist in the
  simulation.           
  Subject terms:
  ASTRONAUT TRAINING                      
  ASTRONAUTS                              
  DIVERS                                  
  EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY                 
  EXTRAVEHICULAR MOBILITY UNITS           
  FOOT RESTRAINTS                         
  INTELSAT SATELLITES                     
  MOCK-UP                                 
  NEUTRAL BUOYANCY SIMULATION             
  PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT & RETRIEVAL SYSTEM   
  PAYLOAD RETRIEVAL (STS)                 
  REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM               
  SPACE FLIGHT TRAINING                   
  SPACE MAINTENANCE                       
  STS-49                                  
  WEIGHTLESS ENVIRONMENT TRAINING         
  

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