NASA Photo ID: S92-35755           File Name: 10065178.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 05/13/92
  Title: STS-49 INTELSAT VI-R WETF exercise with astronauts Musgrave and Clifford
  Description:
  STS-49 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, International
  Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT) VI-R simulation at
  JSC's Weightless  Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 was
  conducted with  extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) suited astronauts F.
  Story Musgrave and  Michael R. U. Clifford.  Astronauts evaluate techniques
  involving the capture  of INTELSAT VI-R.  Musgrave (left) and Clifford
  (right) practice installation  of the capture bar to the INTELSAT mockup in
  the WETF pool. Ground based  exercises were conducted after five failed
  INTELSAT capture attempts during  the STS-49 mission.  With Musgrave on a
  portable foot restraint (PFR)  (mounted on a PFR Attachment Device) and
  Clifford on a PFR mounted on the  payload bay (PLB) sill longeron, the
  capture bar is attached to the INTELSAT  mockup.  Test results provided
  input for orbiting STS-49 crewmembers on  possible alternate INTELSAT
  capture procedures.  SCUBA-equipped divers assist  in and monitor
  simulation activities.        
  Subject terms:
  ASTRONAUTS                              
  DIVERS                                  
  EXTRAVEHICULAR MOBILITY UNITS           
  INTELSAT SATELLITES                     
  MOCK-UP                                 
  NEUTRAL BUOYANCY SIMULATION             
  PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT & RETRIEVAL SYSTEM   
  PAYLOAD RETRIEVAL (STS)                 
  REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM               
  SIMULATION                              
  STS-49                                  
  WEIGHTLESS ENVIRONMENT TRAINING         
  

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