S49-77-022 - STS-049 - Assembly of Station by Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Methods (ASEM)

The original finding aid described this as:

Description: STS-49 Mission Specialist (MS) Thomas D. Akers inserts a third strut into a node ball locked into a payload retention latch assembly (PRLA) on the starboard side on Endeavour's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105's, payload bay (PLB). During STS-49's fourth extravehicular activity (EVA) session, Akers is evaluating the Assembly of Station by Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Methods (ASEM). This EVA completed a record-setting four sessions of EVA on this nine-day mission .

Subject Terms: ASTRONAUTS, ASSEMBLY OF STATION BY EVA METHODS, EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY, PAYLOAD BAY, LATCHES, STRUTS, STS-49, ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)

Date Taken: 5/15/1992

Categories: EVA

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Preservation File Format: TIFF

feat: NON-EARTHOBS

nlat: 21.5

nlon: 123.1

azi: 129

alt: 191

elev: 86
STS-49