STS-103 crew perform virtual reality training in building 9N

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STS-103 crew perform virtual reality training in building 9N

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S99-05678 (24 May 1999)--- Astronaut Jean-Francois Clervoy (right), STS-103 mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA), "controls" the shuttle's remote manipulator system (RMS) during a simulation using virtual reality type hardware at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Looking on is astronaut John M. Grunsfeld, mission specialist. Both astronauts are assigned to separate duties supporting NASA's third Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission. Clervoy will be controlling Discovery's RMS and Grunsfeld is one of four astronauts that will be paired off for a total of three spacewalks on the mission.

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