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97-17428 (December 10, 1997) --- The airlock for the International Space Station is lifted by crane in the fall of 1997 during manufacturing in the Space Station Manufacturing Building at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Al. The airlock includes two sections: the larger "equipment lock" on the left that will store spacesuits and associated gear and the narrower "crewlock" on the right from which astronauts will exit into space. The airlock is 18 feet long and has a mass of about 13,500 pounds. It will be launched to the station aboard Space Shuttle mission STS-100 in August 1999. The addition of the airlock will enable U.S. astronauts on the station to perform spacewalks without a shuttle present. Orbital assembly of the International Space Station is scheduled to begin in the summer of 1998.
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97-17423 (December 10, 1997) --- The first U.S. module to be launched to the International Space Station, a connecting module called Node 1, is shown as it neared the completion of manufacturing in the spring of 1997. The node was shipped from the Boeing manufacturing facility at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, to the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to begin launch preparations in June 1997. The 22-foot long by 14-foot diameter node has six hatches like the one in which this technician is working that will connect to other Russian and U.S. station modules. The node will be launched aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in July 1998 and be docked with the already orbiting Functional Cargo Block, to be launched in June 1998 aboard a Russian rocket.
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97-17424 (December 10, 1997) --- The airlock for the International Space Station is lifted by crane in the fall of 1997 during manufacturing in the Space Station Manufacturing Building at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Al. The airlock includes two sections: the larger "equipment lock" on the right that will store spacesuits and associated gear and the narrower "crewlock" on the left from which astronauts will exit into space. The airlock is 18 feet long and has a mass of about 13,500 pounds. It will be launched to the station aboard Space Shuttle mission STS-100 in August 1999. The addition of the airlock will enable U.S. astronauts on the station to perform spacewalks without a shuttle present. Orbital assembly of the International Space Station is scheduled to begin in the summer of 1998.
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97-17426 (December 10, 1997) --- The U.S. Laboratory module for the International Space Station is shown under construction in the fall of 1997 at the Marshall Space Flight Center station manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Al. The lab module will be launched to the station on Space Shuttle mission STS-98 in May 1999. The aluminum module is 28 feet long and 14 feet in diameter. The lab is consists of three cylindrical sections and two endcones with hatches that will be mated to other station components. The exterior waffle pattern visible in this image strengthens the hull of the lab. The exterior will eventually be covered by a debris shield blanket made of a material similar to that used in bullet-proof vests on Earth. A thin aluminum debris shield will then be placed over the blanket for additional protection. A 20-inch diameter window is located on one side of the center module segment.
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97-17422 (December 10, 1997) --- The interior of the first U.S. module to be launched to the International Space Station, a connecting module called Node 1, is shown as it neared the completion of manufacturing in the spring of 1997. The node was shipped from the Boeing manufacturing facility at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, to the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to begin launch preparations in June 1997. Although the 22-foot long by 14-foot diameter node is essentially a passive station component, 216 lines for fluids and gases, 121 electrical cables and six miles of wire are installed in it to provide connections to other modules. The node will be launched aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in July 1998 and be docked with the already orbiting Functional Cargo Block, to be launched in June 1998 aboard a Russian rocket.
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97-11966 (10 Dec. 1997) --- Astronauts Jerry Ross and Jim Newman train for one of the three spacewalks they will perform as they begin assembly of the International Space Station aboard Space Shuttle mission STS-88 in July 1998. Ross and Newman are in the Sonny Carter Training Facility, a giant new swimming pool-type facility opened in 1997 at the Johnson Space Center specifically to accommodate training for station assembly. The spacewalks by Ross and Newman will finalize the connection of a module called Node 1 to be launched aboard STS-88 and the Functional Cargo Block, which will have been launched earlier aboard a Russian rocket.
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97-11985 (10 Dec. 1997) --- Astronauts Jerry Ross and Jim Newman train for one of the three spacewalks they will perform as they begin assembly of the International Space Station aboard Space Shuttle mission STS-88 in July 1998. Ross and Newman are in the Sonny Carter Training Facility, a giant new swimming pool-type facility opened in 1997 at the Johnson Space Center specifically to accommodate training for station assembly. The spacewalks by Ross and Newman will finalize the connection of a module called Node 1 to be launched aboard STS-88 and the Functional Cargo Block, which will have been launched earlier aboard a Russian rocket. In this view, a mockup of the node is on the left. On the right is a mating adapter which will attach to the Functional Cargo Block.
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97-11949 (10 Dec. 1997) --- Astronauts Jerry Ross and Jim Newman train for one of the three spacewalks they will perform as they begin assembly of the International Space Station aboard Space Shuttle mission STS-88 in July 1998. Ross and Newman are in the Sonny Carter Training Facility, a giant new swimming pool-type facility opened in 1997 at the Johnson Space Center specifically to accommodate training for station assembly. The spacewalks by Ross and Newman will finalize the connection of a module called Node 1 to be launched aboard STS-88 and the Functional Cargo Block, which will have been launched earlier aboard a Russian rocket. In this view, a mockup of the node is on the right in the foreground and a mockup of the FGB is on the left in the background.
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STS087-752-035 (19 November ? 5 December 1997) --- This out-the-window view shows the Autonomous Extravehicular Activity Robotic Camera Sprint (AERCam Sprint) free-flying in the vicinity of the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. The AERCam Sprint is a prototype free-flying television camera that could be used for remote inspections of the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS). This view, backdropped over southern Madagascar, was taken during this flight's second Extravehicular Activity (EVA), on December 3, 1997.
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STS087-369-032 (3 December 1997) --- Astronaut Winston E. Scott, mission specialist, during the second Extravehicular Activity (EVA) in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia, lets loose a prototype free-flying experiment, the Autonomous Extravehicular Activity Robotic Camera Sprint (AERCam Sprint). AERCam Sprint is a spherically-shaped television camera that could be used for remote inspections of the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS).
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STS087-718-069 (19 November ? 5 December 1997) --- On the Space Shuttle Columbia's first ever spacewalk, astronaut Takao Doi works with a 156-pound crane carried onboard for the first time this trip of Columbia. The crane's inclusion and the work with it are part of a continuing preparation effort for future work on the International Space Station (ISS). The ongoing project allows for evaluation of tools and operating methods to be applied to the construction of the Space Station. This crane device is designed to aid future spacewalkers in transporting Orbital Replacement Units (ORU), with a mass up to 600 pounds (like the simulated battery pictured here), from translating carts on the exterior of ISS to various worksites on the truss structure. Earlier Doi, an international mission specialist representing Japan, and astronaut Winston E. Scott had installed the crane in a socket along the middle port side of Columbia's cargo bay for the evaluation. The two began the crane operations, long ago manifest for this mission, after completing a contingency spacewalk to snag the free-flying Spartan 201 and berth it in the payload bay (visible in the background).
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STS087-341-004 (3 December 1997) --- Backdropped over Africa, Takao Doi, international mission specialist representing Japan?s National Space Development Agency (NASDA), works with a crane device during a second Extravehicular Activity (EVA) designed to help evaluate techniques and hardware to be used in constructing the International Space Station (ISS). Takao Doi and astronaut Winston E. Scott (out of frame) were involved in the mission's second EVA in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. Takao Doi is working with a 156-pound crane designed to aid spacewalkers in transporting Orbital Replacement Units (ORU) from translation carts on the exterior of the ISS to various worksites on the truss structure. The view of Earth below features an inland delta in Mali (frame center). This view is from the east toward the west and was taken with a 35mm camera.
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STS087-718-073 (19 November ? 5 December 1997) --- On the Space Shuttle Columbia's first ever spacewalk, astronaut Winston E. Scott works with a simulated battery and 156-pound crane carried onboard for the first time this trip of Columbia. The crane's inclusion and the work with it are part of a continuing preparation effort for future work on the International Space Station (ISS). The ongoing project allows for evaluation of tools and operating methods to be applied to the construction of the ISS. This crane device is designed to aid future spacewalkers in transporting Orbital Replacement Units (ORU), with a mass up to 600 pounds (like the simulated battery pictured here), from translating carts on the exterior of ISS to various worksites on the truss structure. Earlier, astronauts Takao Doi (at the base of the crane, out of frame at right), an international mission specialist representing Japan, and Winston E. Scott had installed the crane in a socket along the middle port side of Columbia's cargo bay for the evaluation. The two began the crane operations, long ago manifest for this mission, after completing a contingency spacewalk to snag the free-flying Spartan 201 and berth it in the payload bay (visible in the background).
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STS085-751-039 (7 - 19 August 1997) --- This 70mm frame, exposed through aft flight deck windows of the Space Shuttle Discovery, shows experiments in the cargo bay, as the spacecraft was flying over the Sea of Japan. In center foreground is the Manipulator Flight Demonstration (MFD). The MFD, sponsored by National Space Development Agency (NASDA), will evaluate the use of the Small Fine Arm (SFA) that is planned to be part of the future Japanese Experiment Module's (JEM) Remote Manipulator System (RMS) on the International Space Station (ISS).
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STS085-338-016 (7 - 19 August 1997) --- On the Space Shuttle Discovery's flight deck, astronaut Stephen K. Robinson conducts one phase of the mission's Detailed Supplementary Objectives (DSO). He uses a cotton swab to collect a saliva sample. The wrist band on his left arm is associated with the same DSO. The ongoing test, dealing with circadian rhythm and other biological systems, is in preparation for the International Space Station (ISS).
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STS083-S-001 (January 1997) --- The crew patch for NASA's STS-83 mission depicts the Space Shuttle Columbia launching into space for the first Microgravity Sciences Laboratory 1 (MSL-1) mission. MSL-1 will investigate materials science, fluid dynamics, biotechnology, and combustion science in the microgravity environment of space, experiments that will be conducted in the Spacelab Module in the Space Shuttle Columbia's cargo bay during the planned 16-day mission. The center circle symbolizes a free liquid under microgravity conditions representing various fluid and materials science experiments. Symbolic of the combustion experiments is the surrounding starburst of a blue flame burning in space. The 3-lobed shape of the outermost starburst ring traces the dot pattern of a transmission Laue photograph typical of biotechnology experiments. The numerical designation for the mission is shown at bottom center. As a forerunner to missions involving International Space Station (ISS), STS-83 represents the hope that scientific results and knowledge gained during the flight will be applied to solving problems on Earth for the benefit and advancement of humankind. The NASA insignia design for Shuttle flights is reserved for use by the astronauts and for other official use as the NASA Administrator may authorize. Public availability has been approved only in the form of illustrations by the various news media. When and if there is any change in this policy, which we do not anticipate, it will be publicly announced.
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S97-12609 (October 3, 1997) --- Krunichev State Research and Production Space Center (KhSC), Moscow, September 1997 - Russian technicians work on the almost completed forward portion of the U.S.-funded and Russian-built Functional Cargo Block (Russian acronym FGB), the first element of the International Space Station planned to be launched in June 1998 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazahkstan. Built at Khrunichev, the FGB began pre-launch testing shortly after this photo was taken. The forward docking area shown on the left will be docked with the U.S.-built Node 1 during the first Space Shuttle assembly mission aboard Endeavour in July 1998. The FGB will be transported by rail to the Baikonur launch site in January 1998.
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S97E00830 (30 January 1997) --- The Microgravity Science Laboratory 1 (MSL-1) Spacelab Module is moved to be installed into a payload canister in the Operations and Checkout Building. Once on the canister, the MSL-1 will be transported to Orbiter Processing Bay 1 where it will be integrated into the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Columbia. During the scheduled 16-day mission, the MSL-1 will be used to test some of the hardware, facilities and procedures that are planned for use on the International Space Station (ISS) while the flight crew conducts combustion, Protein Crystal Growth (PCG) and materials processing experiments.
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S97-E-00827 (24 October 1996) --- In the Operations and Checkout Building, Gregory T. Linteris and Roger K. Crouch, payload specialists, and Janice E. Voss, payload commander, are participating in a systems test of the Microgravity Science Laboratory 1 (MSL-1), a Spacelab facility. Slated to fly in April 1997 aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on a 16-day flight, the MSL-1 represents a bridge between traditional Spacelab flights and the International Space Station (ISS). Research procedures and equipment will be tested on MSL-1 that could become standard on the ISS. In addition, experiments flown on previous Spacelab missions will fly again, and new experiments are also planned.
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S97-08327 (24 July 1997) --- The Autonomous Extravehicular Activity Robotic Camera Sprint (AERCam Sprint) is an experiment planned to demonstrate the use of a prototype free-flying television camera that could be used for remote inspections of the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS). The AERCam Sprint free-flyer is a 14-inch diameter, 35-pound sphere that contains two television cameras, an avionics system and 12 small nitrogen gas-powered thrusters. Astronaut Winston E. Scott, mission specialist, will release the sphere, which looks like an over-sized soccer ball, during a planned Extravehicular Activity (EVA). It will then fly freely in the forward cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Columbia for about half an hour. The free-flyer will be remotely controlled by astronaut Steven W. Lindsey, pilot, from Columbia's aft flight deck using a hand controller, two laptop computers and a window-mounted antenna.
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S97-08329 (24 July 1997) --- The Autonomous Extravehicular Activity Robotic Camera Sprint (AERCam Sprint) is an experiment planned to demonstrate the use of a prototype free-flying television camera that could be used for remote inspections of the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS). The AERCam Sprint free-flyer is a 14-inch diameter, 35-pound sphere that contains two television cameras, an avionics system and 12 small nitrogen gas-powered thrusters. Astronaut Winston E. Scott, mission specialist, will release the sphere, which looks like an over-sized soccer ball, during a planned Extravehicular Activity (EVA). It will then fly freely in the forward cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Columbia for about half an hour. The free-flyer will be remotely controlled by astronaut Steven W. Lindsey, pilot, from Columbia?s aft flight deck using a hand controller, two laptop computers and a window-mounted antenna.
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STS087-E-5104 (December 3, 1997) This Electronic Still Camera (ESC) view shows astronaut Winston E. Scott, mission specialist, during his second Extravehicular Activity (EVA) in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. Scott, assisted in the EVA by Takao Doi (out of frame), is experimenting with the Autonomous Extravehicular Activity Robotic Camera Sprint (AERCam Sprint). The AERCam Sprint is a prototype free-flying television camera that could be used for remote inspections of the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS). This view was taken at 12:17:07 GMT.
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STS087-E-5106 (December 3, 1997) This Electronic Still Camera (ESC) view shows the Autonomous Extravehicular Activity Robotic Camera Sprint (AERCam Sprint) in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. The AERCam Sprint is a prototype free-flying television camera that could be used for remote inspections of the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS). This view was taken at 12:21:39 GMT.
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STS087-E-5097 (December 3, 1997) This Electronic Still Camera (ESC) view shows astronaut Takao Doi, mission specialist, during his second Extravehicular Activity (EVA) in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. Doi, assisted in the EVA by astronaut Winston E. Scott (out of frame), is working with a 156-pound crane designed to aid space walkers in transporting Orbital Replacement Units (ORU) from translation carts on the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS) to various worksites on the truss structure. This view was taken at 10:08:23 GMT.
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STS087-E-5100 (December 3, 1997) This Electronic Still Camera (ESC) view shows astronauts Winston E. Scott (red stripe, bottom of frame) and Takao Doi, mission specialists, during their second Extravehicular Activity (EVA) in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. Doi is working on the 156-pound crane, designed to aid space walkers in transporting Orbital Replacement Units (ORU) from translation carts on the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS) to various worksites on the truss structure, while Scott works at the base of the crane. They are experimenting with tools that could be used in the in-space construction of the ISS. This view was taken at 11:43:07 GMT.
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STS087-E-5095 (December 3, 1997) This Electronic Still Camera (ESC) view shows astronauts Winston E. Scott (red stripe, foreground) and Takao Doi, both mission specialists, during their second Extravehicular Activity (EVA) in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. They are working with various tools that could be used for the in-space construction of the International Space Station (ISS). This view was taken at 09:50:34 GMT.
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STS087-E-5105 (December 3, 1997) This Electronic Still Camera (ESC) view shows the Autonomous Extravehicular Activity Robotic Camera Sprint (AERCam Sprint) orbiting in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. The AERCam Sprint is a prototype free-flying television camera that could be used for remote inspections of the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS). This view was taken at 12:21:31 GMT.
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STS087-E-5109 (December 3, 1997) This Electronic Still Camera (ESC) view shows astronaut Winston E. Scott, mission specialist, during his second Extravehicular Activity (EVA) in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. Scott, assisted in the EVA by Takao Doi (mission specialist, out of frame), is working with the Autonomous Extravehicular Activity Robotic Camera Sprint (AERCam Sprint), which is a prototype free-flying television camera that could be used for remote inspections of the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS). This view was taken at 13:30:40 GMT.
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STS087-E-5053 (November 25, 1997) Astronaut Takao Doi works with a 156-pound crane to manipulate a piece of simulated hardware carried onboard this trip of the Space Shuttle Columbia as part of a continuing preparation effort for future work on the International Space Station (ISS). The ongoing project allows for evaluation of tools and operating methods to be applied to the construction of the ISS. This crane device is designed to aid future Extravehicular Activity (EVA) in transporting Orbital Replacement Units (ORU) with a mass up to 600 pounds from translating carts on the exterior of ISS to various worksites on the truss structure. Earlier Doi, an international mission specialist, and astronaut Winston E. Scott had installed the crane in a socket along the middle port side of Columbia's cargo bay for the evaluation. The two began the crane operations, long ago manifest for this mission, after completing a contingency EVA to snag the free-flying Spartan 201 (out of view here) and berth it in the payload bay. This photo was taken with an Electronic Still Camera (ESC) at 05:15:06 GMT.
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STS087-E-5052 (November 25, 1997) Astronaut Takao Doi works with a 156-pound crane carried onboard this trip of the Space Shuttle Columbia as part of a continuing preparation effort for future work on the International Space Station (ISS). The ongoing project allows for evaluation of tools and operating methods to be applied to the construction of the Space Station. This crane device is designed to aid future Extravehicular Activity (EVA) in transporting Orbital Replacement Units (ORU) with a mass up to 600 pounds from translating carts on the exterior of ISS to various worksites on the truss structure. Earlier Doi, an international mission specialist, and astronaut Winston E. Scott had installed the crane in a socket along the middle port side of Columbia's cargo bay for the evaluation. The two began the crane operations, long ago manifest for this mission, after completing a contingency EVA to snag the free-flying Spartan 201 and berth it in the payload bay (partially visible in the background). This photo was taken with an Electronic Still Camera (ESC) at 05:12:55 GMT.
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STS087-E-5048 (November 25, 1997) Astronauts Winston E. Scott (left) and Takao Doi are pictured between Extravehicular Activity (EVA) tasks in the Space Shuttle Columbia's cargo bay. Earlier, after Columbia had moved very close to the free-flying Spartan 201 satellite, the two were able to successfully grab it manually and berth it in Columbia's cargo bay (top center). In this scene, Doi works with a 156-pound crane which was carried onboard Columbia for a series of tests designed with an eye toward future work on the International Space Station (ISS). The two used the crane to move a large piece of hardware representative of Orbital Replacement Units (ORU) which will be manipulated in space during the ISS construction. Scott, a NASA mission specialist astronaut, was marking his second space flight and his second EVA. Doi, an international mission specialist stationed at the Johnson Space Center (JSC), represents the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan. This image was taken from a video downlink.
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STS087-E-5064 (November 25, 1997) Astronauts Winston E. Scott (foreground) and Takao Doi work to re-stow a 156-pound crane used in the manifest part of their Extravehicular Activity (EVA). This phase of the EVA was part of a continuing effort to evaluate tools and operating methods to be applied to the construction of the International Space Station (ISS). The crane device is designed to aid future EVA in transporting Orbital Replacement Units (ORU) with a mass up to 600 pounds from translating carts on the exterior of ISS to various worksites on the truss structure. The two had earlier installed the crane on a socket along the middle port side of the Space Shuttle Columbia's cargo bay for the evaluation. Scott, a NASA mission specialist astronaut, was marking both his second space flight and his second EVA. Doi, an international mission specialist representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA), was making his first trip in space. This picture was taken with an Electronic Still Camera (ESC) at 6:24:35 GMT.
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STS087-E-5063 (November 25, 1997) Astronauts Winston E. Scott (foreground) and Takao Doi work with a 156-pound crane used in the manifest part of their Extravehicular Activity (EVA). This phase of the EVA was part of a continuing effort to evaluate tools and operating methods to be applied to the construction of the International Space Station (ISS). The crane device is designed to aid future EVA in transporting Orbital Replacement Units (ORU) with a mass up to 600 pounds from translating carts on the exterior of ISS to various worksites on the truss structure. The two had earlier installed the crane on a socket along the middle port side of the Space Shuttle Columbia's cargo bay for the evaluation. Scott, a NASA mission specialist astronaut, was making both his second space flight and his second EVA. Doi, an international mission specialist representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA), was making his first trip in space. The picture was taken with an Electronic Still Camera (ESC) at 6:23:36 GMT.
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STS085-E-5044 (12 August 1997) --- View of the payload bay of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery looking toward the shuttle's vertical stabilizer with clouds in the background. Easily recognized is the Manipulator Flight Demonstration (MFD), which is sponsored by Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA). MFD will evaluate the use of the Small Fine Arm (SFA) that is planned to be part of the future Japanese Experiment Module's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) on the International Space Station (ISS). The photograph was taken with the Electronic Still Camera (ESC).
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STS085-E-5030 (10 August 1997) --- The Manipulator Flight Demonstration (MFD) in the Space Shuttle Discovery's cargo bay will evaluate the use of the Small Fine Arm (SFA) that is planned to be part of the future Japanese Experiment Module's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) on the International Space Station (ISS). The MFD is sponsored by the National Space Development Agency (NASDA).
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KSC-97PC-923 (June 23, 1997) --- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL -- Node 1, the first element of the International Space Station to be manufactured in the United States and the first to be launched on the Space Shuttle, is unloaded in its container from an Air Force C-5 jet cargo transport at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility runway on June 23 after its arrival from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The module was then transported to the Space Station Processing Facility. The Node 1 module is currently scheduled to lift off aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in July 1998 along with Pressurized Mating Adapters (PMAs) 1 and 2. The 18-foot in diameter, 22-foot-long aluminum module was manufactured by the Boeing Co. at MSFC. Once in space, the Node 1 will function as a connecting passageway to the living and working areas of the International Space Station. It has six hatches that will serve as docking ports to the U.S. laboratory module, U.S. habitation module, an airlock and other Space Station elements.
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KSC-97PC-935 (June 25, 1997) --- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL -- Covered in a protective sheath, International Space Station Node 1 is hoisted from its transporting container for installation in its work stand in the Space Station Processing Facility. The module is the first element of the International Space Station to be manufactured in the United States and the first scheduled to be launched on the Space Shuttle. The Node 1 is currently scheduled to lift off aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in July 1998, along with Pressurized Mating Adapters (PMAs) 1 and 2. The 18-foot-in-diameter, 22-foot-long aluminum module was manufactured by the Boeing Co. at Marshall Space Flight Center. Once in space, the Node 1 will function as a connecting passageway to the living and working areas of the International Space Station. It has six hatches that will serve as docking ports to the U.S. laboratory module, U.S. habitation module, an airlock and other space station elements.
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KSC-97PC-942 (June 26, 1997) --- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL -- Members of the STS-88 crew, from left Mission Specialist Jim Newman, Commander Bob Cabana, Mission Specialist Nancy Currie and Pilot Rick Sturckow, examine the Node 1 of the International Space Station in the high bay of the Space Station Processing Facility. The module is the first element of the International Space Station to be manufactured in the United States and the first scheduled to be launched on the Space Shuttle. The Node 1 is currently scheduled to lift off aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in July 1998, along with Pressurized Mating Adapters (PMAs) 1 and 2. The 18-foot-in-diameter, 22-foot-long aluminum module was manufactured by the Boeing Co. at Marshall Space Flight Center. Once in space, the Node 1 will function as a connecting passageway to the living and working areas of the International Space Station. The six hatches on the Node 1 will serve as docking ports to the U.S. laboratory module, U.S. habitation module, an airlock and other space station elements.
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KSC-97PC-944 (June 26, 1997) --- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL -- Members of the STS-88 crew, from left Pilot Rick Sturckow, Mission Specialist Nancy Currie, Commander Bob Cabana and Mission Specialist Jim Newman, pose with the Node 1 of the International Space Station in the high bay of the Space Station Processing Facility. The module is the first element of the International Space Station to be manufactured in the United States and the first scheduled to be launched on the Space Shuttle. The Node 1 is currently scheduled to lift off aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in July 1998, along with Pressurized Mating Adapters (PMAs) 1 and 2. The 18-foot-in-diameter, 22-foot-long aluminum module was manufactured by the Boeing Co. at Marshall Space Flight Center. Once in space, the Node 1 will function as a connecting passageway to the living and working areas of the International Space Station. The six hatches on the Node 1 will serve as docking ports to the U.S. laboratory module, U.S. habitation module, an airlock and other space station elements.
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KSC-97PC-941 (June 25, 1997) --- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL -- A close-up view of the Node 1 in its work stand in the Space Station Processing Facility shows two of its six hatches that will serve as docking ports. The module is the first element of the International Space Station to be manufactured in the United States and the first scheduled to be launched on the Space Shuttle. The Node 1 is currently scheduled to lift off aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in July 1998, along with Pressurized Mating Adapters (PMAs) 1 and 2. The 18-foot-in-diameter, 22-foot-long aluminum module was manufactured by the Boeing Co. at Marshall Space Flight Center. Once in space, the Node 1 will function as a connecting passageway to the living and working areas of the International Space Station. The six hatches on the Node 1 will serve as docking ports to the U.S. laboratory module, U.S. habitation module, an airlock and other space station elements.
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97-17425 (December 10, 1997) --- The first of four "stand-off" structures is shown installed inside the U.S. Laboratory module for the International Space Station. Installed in August 1997, the stand-offs provide space for electrical connections, data management systems cabling for computers, air conditioning ducts, thermal control tubes and more, all of which support the space station's equipment racks. The aluminum U.S. lab module is 28 feet long and 14 feet in diameter. The lab is scheduled to be launched to the station aboard the Space Shuttle in May 1999 on shuttle mission STS-98. Assembly of the International Space Station, a combined effort of 16 countries led by the U.S., is planned to begin in the summer of 1998.
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97-17420 (December 10, 1997) --- Technicians at the Boeing clean room in Huntington Beach, California, assemble a test article for the first truss segment for the International Space Station in October 1997. The first segment, called the S0 truss, will be launched aboard a Space Shuttle in early 2000. The S0 truss test article assembly was completed in November, and assembly of the flight article is now under way. The first truss segment is 43 feet long. Eventually, nine such segments will be assembled in orbit to make up the 360-foot backbone of the station, holding the four giant sets of U.S. solar arrays to power the station's seven laboratories.
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97-17421 (December 10, 1997) --- An aluminum bulkhead of the center truss segment test article for the International Space Station completes machining at Boeing facilities in Huntington Beach, California, in October 1997. The bulkheads are coupled with longerons to make up the 43-foot-long center truss segment, designated the S0 truss segment. Nine such segments will eventually make up the 360-foot long truss for the station that will hold the four massive U.S. solar arrays, cooling radiators, associated electronics and batteries, and connecting lines. The S0 truss segment will be anchored atop the U.S. Laboratory module when it is launched in early 2000 on Space Shuttle mission STS-105.
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97-10683 (October 3, 1997) --- Astronaut Bill Shepherd, commander of the first International Space Station crew, prepares to plunge into the water from a mockup of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft descent module as he goes through water survival training in the Black Sea recently. Such training would be needed if the Russian Soyuz spacecraft were to land in the water instead of on land as is normal. Shepherd, along with crew members cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko, the Soyuz commander, and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev, will launch on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the new station in January 1999. They will return on a U.S. Space Shuttle five months later, however, and the Soyuz spacecraft will remain attached to the station as a lifeboat.
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97-10686 (October 3, 1997) --- Astronaut Bill Shepherd, commander of the first International Space Station crew, goes through water survival training in the Black Sea recently. Such training would be needed if the Russian Soyuz spacecraft were to land in the water instead of on land as is normal. Shepherd, along with crew members cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko, the Soyuz commander, and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev, will launch on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the new station in January 1999. They will return on a U.S. Space Shuttle five months later, however, and the Soyuz spacecraft will remain attached to the station as a lifeboat.
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STS094-389-022 (1-17 July 1997) --- Astronaut Michael L. Gernhardt, mission specialist, performs an observation at the Expedite Processing of Experiments to Space Station (EXPRESS) rack in the Spacelab Science Module aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. The EXPRESS rack accommodates experiments compatible with the Shuttle mid deck, since the mid deck will be used to ferry payloads to the International Space Station (ISS). The Microgravity Sciences Laboratory (MSL-1) mission provides an opportunity to test and demonstrate this Space Station hardware. Shown here in the rack is the Astro/Plant Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus, used for studying the adaptation of higher plant systems to space flight.
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STS094-346-028 (1-17 July 1997) --- Astronauts Susan L. Still, pilot, and Donald A. Thomas, mission specialist, transport the Astro/Plant Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (PGBA) to the Spacelab Science Module in the Space Shuttle Columbia's cargo bay, shortly after arriving on orbit. The PGBA was stored on the mid deck for transport, just as all experiments will be for flights of the International Space Station (ISS). The crew later installed the PGBA in the Expedite Processing of Experiments to Space Station (EXPRESS) rack for the duration of the flight before returning it to the mid deck for entry and landing.
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STS090-(S)-001 (December 1997) --- The STS-90 crew patch reflects the dedication of the mission to the neurosciences in celebration of the Decade of the brain. Earth is revealed through a neuron-shaped window, which symbolizes new perspectives in the understanding of nervous system development, structure and function, both here on Earth and in the microgravity environment of space. The Space Shuttle Columbia is depicted with its open payload bay doors revealing the Spacelab within. An integral component of the mission, the laboratory/science module provided by the European Space Agency (ESA), signifies the strong international involvement in the mission. The seven crew members and two alternate payload specialists, Chiaki Naito-Mukai and Alexander W. Dunlap, are represented by the nine major stars of the constellation Cetus (the whale) in recognition of the International Year of the Ocean. The distant stars illustrate the far reaching implications of the mission science to the many sponsoring agencies, helping prepare for long-duration space flight aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The moon and Mars are depicted to reflect the crew's recognition that those two celestial bodies will be the next great challenges in human exploration of space and represent the key role that life science research will play in supporting such missions. The NASA insignia design for Shuttle flights is reserved for use by the astronauts and for other official use as the NASA Administrator may authorize. Public availability has been approved only in the form of illustrations by the various news media. When and if there is any change in this policy, which we do not anticipate, it will be publicly announced.
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STS087-S-001 (August 1997) --- The STS-87 patch is shaped like a space helmet symbolizing the Extravehicular Activity (EVA) on the mission in support of testing of tools for the assembly of the International Space Station (ISS). Earth is shown reflected on the backside of the helmet. The Space Shuttle Columbia forms the interface between the Earth and the heavens, the back and front sides of the helmet in profile. The three red lines emerging from Columbia represent the astronaut symbol as well as the robot arm, which will be used to deploy and retrieve the Spartan satellite. The letters 'ug' represent the payloads studying microgravity science in space on this United States Microgravity Payload (USMP-4) mission. Gold flames outlining the helmet visor represent the corona of the Sun, which will be studied by Spartan. The flag of Ukraine is next to the name of the payload specialist who is the first person from that nation to fly on the Space Shuttle. The NASA insignia design for Shuttle flights is reserved for use by the astronauts and for other official use as the NASA Administrator may authorize. Public availability has been approved only in the form of illustrations by the various news media. When and if there is any change in the policy, which is not anticipated, it will be publicly announced.
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