S49-99-015 - STS-049 - STS-49 MS Akers & MS Thornton in OV-105's payload bay during ASEM procedures

The original finding aid described this as:

Description: STS-49 Mission Specialist (MS) Kathryn C. Thornton (lower right - dashed stripe) and MS Thomas ``Tom`` D. Akers (center - diagonal stripe) work on struts by the multipurpose experiment support structure (MPESS) during the Assembly of Station by Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Methods (ASEM) construction in Endeavour's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105's, payload bay (PLB). The two astronauts are building the ASEM structure during the mission's fourth Extravehicular Activity (EVA). The Remote Manipulator System (RMS) end effector is attached to ASEM's grapple fixture in the center of the image. The ASEM structure, locked in at four corners to payload retention latch assemblies (PRLAs), rises above the PLB. The blue and white Earth is visible below.

Subject Terms: STS-49, ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER), ASSEMBLY OF STATION BY EVA METHODS, ASTRONAUTS, CREW PROCEDURES (INFLIGHT), EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY, STRUTS, EXTRAVEHICULAR MOBILITY UNITS, FOOT RESTRAINTS, PAYLOAD BAY

Date Taken: 5/14/1992

Categories: EVA

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Preservation File Format: TIFF

feat: NON-EARTHOBS

nlat: 20.8

nlon: 167.7

azi: 113

alt: 191

elev: 85
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