NASA Photo ID: S92-35764           File Name: 10065180.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 05/13/92
  Title: STS-49 INTELSAT VI-R WETF exercise with astronauts Musgrave, Clifford, Voss
  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,  Michael R. U. Clifford, and James S. Voss.  Astronauts
  practiced a three  person extravehicular activity (EVA) procedure for
  INTELSAT capture and  climbing into the airlock mockup.  No apparent
  problems were identified in  placing three astronauts in the airlock at one
  time.  Ground based exercises  were conducted after five failed INTELSAT
  capture attempts during the STS-49  mission.  Left to right are, Clifford,
  Musgrave, and Voss.  With Musgrave on  the remote manipulator system (RMS)
  manipulator foot restraint (MFR) and  Clifford on a portable foot restraint
  mounted on the payload bay sill  longeron, and Voss on a PFR mounted on a
  strut with the PFR Attachment  Device (PAD), the capture bar is maneuvered
  under the INTELSAT mockup.  In  this overall view of the test the three
  astronauts stabilize the INTELSAT  mockup by grabbing hold with their hands
  and then position the capture bar.   Test results provided input for
  orbiting STS-49 crewmembers on possible  alternate INTELSAT capture
  procedures.  Three OV-105 astronauts will attempt  to capture INTELSAT
  again on 05-13-92.  SCUBA-equipped divers assist in and  monitor the
  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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