COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Johnson Space Center Collection
Record
Title:
STS-42 crewmembers participate in JSC fire fighting training exercises
Description:
STS-42 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Mission Specialist (MS) Norman E. Thagard, holding hose nozzle, is followed by Payload Specialist Ulf D. Merbold and backup Payload Specialist Kenneth Money as the team positions the water hose in the direction of a blazing fire at JSC's Fire Training Pit. A second team of crewmembers, manning another hose, forms a line parallel to the first. The crewmembers and backups are learning fire extinguishing techniques during fire fighting and fire training exercises held at JSC's Fire Training Pit located across from the Gilruth Center Bldg 207. Merbold is representing the European Space Agency (ESA) during the International Microgravity Laboratory 1 (IML-1) mission aboard OV-103.
Date Taken:
1991-10-09
Program:
Shuttle
Mission:
STS-042
Subject Terms:
(ORBITER)
facet_what:
STS-42
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Photo ID:
S91-48306
Film Type:
35mm
UID:
SPD-JSC-S91-48306
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