NASA Photo ID: STS049(E)031        File Name: 10065163.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm BW                 Date Taken: 05/16/92
  Title: STS-49 MS Thuot during EVA attempts to grapple INTELSAT VI using capture bar
  Description:
  STS-49 Mission Specialist (MS) Pierre J. Thuot, wearing extravehicular 
  mobility unit (EMU), positions the capture bar at the aft end of the 
  International Telecommunications Organization Satellite (INTELSAT) VI F-3 
  during extravehicular activity (EVA) in Endeavour's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 
  105's, payload bay (PLB).  Thuot, on the remote manipulator system (RMS) 
  manipulator foot restraint (MFR), attempts to grapple the INTELSAT VI F-3 
  satellite.  Part of the California Pacific Coast is in the background.  The 
  scene was recorded by the electronic still camera (ESC) as part of 
  Development Test Objective (DTO) 648, Electronic Still Photography Test
  (With  Downlink).  The crew was able to downlink the image to flight
  controllers  following the second unsuccessful attempt to capture INTELSAT. 
  A third  effort to capture the satellite is being planned.          
  
  Subject terms:
  ASTRONAUTS                              
  CREW PROCEDURES (INFLIGHT)              
  CREWS                                   
  ELECTRO-OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY             
  ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)                     
  EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY                 
  EXTRAVEHICULAR MOBILITY UNITS           
  INTELSAT SATELLITES                     
  ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
  PAYLOAD BAY                             
  PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT & RETRIEVAL SYSTEM   
  STS-49                                  
  

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