NASA Photo ID: S92-26582           File Name: 10065124.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 01/24/92
  Title: STS-49, OV-105, INTELSAT capture procedure illustrated with PLAID graphics
  Description:
  STS-49 Endeavour, OV-105, International Telecommunications Satellite
  Organization (INTELSAT) onorbit repair and redeployment activity is 
  illustrated with PLAID computer graphics.  An extravehicular mobility unit 
  (EMU) suited astronaut, on the remote manipulator system (RMS) manipulator 
  foot restraint (MFR), aligns capture bar to INTELSAT VI's aft side.  Once
  the  capture bar is attached to the satellite it will be lowered into
  OV-105's  payload bay (PLB) for servicing.  This view is one of a series of
  scenes  depicting the sequence of events NASA plans to unfold in the rescue
  of the  errant INTELSAT VI satellite.             
  
  Subject terms:
  COMPUTER ANIMATION                      
  COMPUTER GRAPHICS                       
  EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY                 
  INTELSAT SATELLITES                     
  PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT & RETRIEVAL SYSTEM   
  REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM               
  REPAIRING                               
  SPACE MAINTENANCE                       
  SPACECRAFT CONFIGURATIONS               
  STS-49
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