NASA Photo ID: S92-35758           File Name: 10065179.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.  Ground based exercises were
  conducted after five  failed INTELSAT capture attempts during the STS-49
  mission.  Musgrave (right)  on portable foot restraint (PFR) mounted on the
  INTELSAT cradle and Clifford  on a portable foot restraint (PFR) mounted on
  the payload bay (PLB) sill  longeron get handholds on the INTELSAT mockup
  as the capture bar freefloats  in the PLB (foreground).  Once the
  astronauts stabilize the INTELSAT mockup,  they will attach the capture
  bar.  Test results provided input for orbiting  STS-49 crewmembers on
  possible alternate INTELSAT capture procedures.   SCUBA-equipped divers
  assist in and monitor the simulation activity.         
  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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