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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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STS094-S-016 (17 July 1997) --- With its drag chute deployed, the Space Shuttle Columbia rolls toward a wheels stopped mode on Runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility. The mission ended at 6:46:34 a.m. (EDT), July 17, 1997. Onboard were James D. Halsell, Jr., mission commander; Susan L. Still, pilot; Janice E. Voss, payload commander; Michael L. Gernhardt and Donald A. Thomas, mission specialists, along with payload specialists Gregory T. Linteris and Roger K. Crouch.
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STS094-S-007 (1 July 1997) --- The Space Shuttle Columbia leaves Launch Pad 39A at 2:02 p.m. (EDT), July 1, 1997, to begin the 16-day Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL-1) mission. Crew members are astronauts James D. Halsell, Jr., mission commander; Susan L. Still, pilot; Janice E. Voss, payload commander; and Michael A. Gernhardt and Donald A. Thomas, both mission specialists; along with payload specialists Gregory T. Linteris and Roger K. Crouch.
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STS094-S-012 (17 July 1997) --- The Space Shuttle Columbia is about to touch down on Runway 33 at Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility at 6:46:34 a.m. (EDT), July 17, 1997 to successfully complete the 16-day Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL-1) mission. Onboard were James D. Halsell, Jr., mission commander; Susan L. Still, pilot; Janice E. Voss, payload commander; Michael L. Gernhardt and Donald A. Thomas, mission specialists, along with payload specialists Gregory T. Linteris and Roger K. Crouch.
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STS094-S-008 (1 July 1997) --- The Space Shuttle Columbia leaves Launch Pad 39A at 2:02 p.m. (EDT), July 1, 1997, to begin the 16-day Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL-1) mission. Crew members are astronauts James D. Halsell, Jr., mission commander; Susan L. Still, pilot; Janice E. Voss, payload commander; and Michael A. Gernhardt and Donald A. Thomas, both mission specialists; along with payload specialists Gregory T. Linteris and Roger K. Crouch.
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STS094-S-014 (17 July 1997) --- A non-typical front view shows the Space Shuttle Columbia following its touchdown on Runway 33 at Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility at 6:46:34 a.m. (EDT), July 17, 1997 to successfully complete the 16-day Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL-1) mission. Onboard were astronauts James D. Halsell, Jr., mission commander; Susan L. Still, pilot; Janice E. Voss, payload commander; and Michael L. Gernhardt and Donald A. Thomas, mission specialists, along with payload specialists Gregory T. Linteris and Roger K. Crouch.
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STS094-S-005 (1 July 1997)--- Backdropped against the Atlantic Ocean, the Space Shuttle Columbia leaves Launch Pad 39A at 2:02 p.m. (EDT), July 1, 1997, to begin the 16-day Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL-1) mission. Crew members are astronauts James D. Halsell, Jr., mission commander; Susan L. Still, pilot; Janice E. Voss, payload commander; and Michael A. Gernhardt and Donald A. Thomas, both mission specialists; along with payload specialists Gregory T. Linteris and Roger K. Crouch. This air to ground photo was taken from the rear station of the Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA). The temporarily vacant Pad 39B is also visible at lower left.
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STS094-S-009 (1 July 1997) --- Backdropped against the blue summer sky, the Space Shuttle Columbia leaves Launch Pad 39A at 2:02 p.m. (EDT), July 1, 1997, to begin the 16-day Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL-1) mission. Crew members are astronauts James D. Halsell, Jr., mission commander; Susan L. Still, pilot; Janice E. Voss, payload commander; and Michael A. Gernhardt and Donald A. Thomas, both mission specialists; along with payload specialists Gregory T. Linteris and Roger K. Crouch.
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STS087-S-002 (September 1997) --- Five astronauts and a payload specialist take a break from training at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) to pose for the STS-87 crew portrait. Wearing the orange partial pressure launch and entry suits, from the left, are Kalpana Chawla, mission specialist; Steven W. Lindsey, pilot; Kevin R. Kregel, mission commander; and Leonid K. Kadenyuk, Ukrainian payload specialist. Wearing the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suits are astronauts Winston E. Scott and Takao Doi, both mission specialists. Doi represents Japan?s National Space Development Agency (NASDA). The flight is scheduled as a 16-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in late November.
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STS087-317-033 (19 November ? 5 December 1997) --- Astronaut Takao Doi, mission specialist, prepares for one of two Extravehicular Activities (EVA) in the Airlock Module of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. Takao Doi, an international astronaut stationed at Johnson Space Center (JSC), represents Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA). This view was taken with a 35mm camera.
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STS085(S)009 (7 August 1997) --- The Space Shuttle Discovery has cleared the launch tower in this low-angle, 35mm frame, and is headed toward an eleven-day mission in Earth-orbit in support of the STS-85 mission. Launch from Pad 39A, at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), occurred at 10:41 a.m. (EDT), August 7, 1997. Onboard the spacecraft were astronauts Curtis L. Brown, Jr., commander; Kent V. Rominger, pilot; N. Jan Davis, payload commander; and Stephen K. Robinson and Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., both mission specialists; along with payload specialist Bjarni V. Tryggvason, a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut.
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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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STS087-706-020 (19 November ? 5 December 1997) --- The Spartan 201 satellite, held in the grasp of the Space Shuttle Columbia's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm, is backdropped over white clouds and blue waters of the Pacific Ocean. Long Island, off the coast of Papua New Guinea, is barely visible in the lower left corner.
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STS085(S)011 (19 August 1997) --- Following the landing of the Space Shuttle Discovery on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), the six member crew poses for a final crew portrait. The landing, at 7:08 a.m. (EDT), August 19, 1997, marked the completion of a successful 12-day STS-85 mission. Left to right are payload specialist Bjarni Tryggvason of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), along with astronauts Stephen K. Robinson, mission specialist; N. Jan Davis, payload commander; Curtis L. Brown, Jr., mission commander; Kent V. Rominger, pilot; and Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., mission specialist.
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STS087-357-022 (19 November ? 5 December 1997) --- Astronaut Kalpana Chawla, mission specialist, operates the Space Shuttle Columbia's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) on the aft flight deck during operations with the Spartan 201 satellite. Kalpana Chawla joined four other astronauts and a Ukrainian payload specialist for 16-days of research in Earth-orbit in support of the United States Microgravity Payload 4 (USMP-4) mission. The light blue and white colors associated with the crew's nearby home planet are visible in the overhead window.
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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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STS087-375-009 (19 November ? 5 December 1997) --- Astronaut Takao Doi, mission specialist, during one of two Extravehicular Activities (EVA) in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia, waves at fellow crewmembers in Columbia?s cabin. Takao Doi, an international astronaut stationed at Johnson Space Center (JSC), represents Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA). This view was taken with a 35mm camera.
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STS085(S)013 (19 August 1997) --- The drag chute of the Space Shuttle Discovery is fully deployed in this scene of the spacecraft's landing on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The landing, at 7:08 a.m. (EDT), August 19, 1997, marked the completion of a successful 12-day STS-85 mission. Onboard were astronauts Curtis L. Brown, Jr., mission commander; Kent V. Rominger, pilot; N. Jan Davis, payload commander; and Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., and Stephen K. Robinson, both mission specialists; along with payload specialist Bjarni Tryggvason, representing the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
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STS087-332-034 (19 November ? 5 December 1997) --- On the Space Shuttle Columbia's middeck, Leonid Kadenyuk, Ukrainian payload specialist, works with the Brassica Rapa plants being grown for the Collaborative Ukrainian Experiment (CUE). Leonid Kadenyuk joined five astronauts for 16-days in Earth-orbit in support of the United States Microgravity Payload 4 (USMP-4) mission.
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STS087-385-029 (19 November ? 5 December 1997) --- Astronaut Kevin R. Kregel, mission commander, sets up the middeck glove box onboard the Space Shuttle Columbia during early hours of the 16-day United States Microgravity Payload 4 (USMP-4) mission. Kevin R. Kregel was joined by four other astronauts and a Ukrainian payload specialist for the mission.
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STS087-320-025 (19 November ? 5 December 1997) --- Astronauts Winston E. Scott (left) and Takao Doi (partially obscured by his location in the dark shadows), await the right opportunity to grab onto the Spartan satellite. Later, when the Space Shuttle Columbia had moved closer to Spartan, the two mission specialists were able to successfully grab the satellite manually and berth it in Columbia's cargo bay. The end effector of Columbia's Remote Manipulator System (RMS), with its video camera recording the activities, is in the upper right corner. Winston E. Scott was making his second space flight and his second Extravehicular Activity (EVA). Takao Doi, an international mission specialist stationed at the Johnson Space Center (JSC), represents the Japan?s National Space Development Agency (NASDA).
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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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STS087-319-015 (19 November ? 5 December 1997) --- On the starboard side of the Space Shuttle Columbia's flight deck, astronaut Steven W. Lindsey, pilot, appears fully occupied with laptops to support flight operations for the 16-day mission in Earth-orbit. Several cameras and pieces of their supportive equipment have been temporarily stowed behind the pilot's station.
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STS087-375-015 (19 November ? 5 December 1997) --- Astronaut Winston E. Scott, mission specialist, during one of two Extravehicular Activities (EVA) in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia, is backdropped against a blue ?blanket? of ocean water. This view was taken with a 35mm camera.
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STS087-334-023 (19 November ? 5 December 1997) --- On the Space Shuttle Columbia's middeck, astronauts Steven W. Lindsey, pilot, and Kalpana Chawla, mission specialist, check on an experiment in the middeck glove box. The two were joined by three other astronauts and a Ukrainian payload specialist for 16-days in Earth-orbit in support of the United States Microgravity Payload 4 (USMP-4) mission.
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STS087-307-002 (19 November - 5 December 1997) --- On the Space Shuttle Columbia's middeck, the crewmembers for the mission pose for the traditional in-flight portrait. In front, left to right, are astronauts Steven W. Lindsey, pilot; Takao Doi, mission specialist representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA); and Winston E. Scott, mission specialist. In back are, from the left, astronauts Kevin R. Kregel, commander; and Kalpana Chawla, mission specialist; along with payload specialist Leonid Kadenyuk.
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STS085-336-018 (7 - 19 August 1997) --- Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., mission specialist, with a Bioreactor Demonstration System (BDS-03) specimen on the mid-deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery.
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STS085-706-051 (7 August 1997) --- This view documenting the release from the Space Shuttle Discovery of Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere-Shuttle Pallet Satellite-2 (CRISTA-SPAS-2) was taken early in the flight (August 7, 1997) over northwest Canada. The viewing direction is east. The swirl of cloud indicates a storm which tracked over Canada during the flight, limiting the topographic photo opportunities for the subsequent several days.
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STS085(S)005 (7 August 1997) --- In this scene moments after ignition at Launch Pad 39A, at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), the Space Shuttle Discovery heads toward an eleven-day mission in Earth-orbit in support of the STS-85 mission. Launch occurred at 10:41 a.m. (EDT), August 7, 1997. Onboard the spacecraft were astronauts Curtis L. Brown, Jr., commander; Kent V. Rominger, pilot; N. Jan Davis, payload commander; and Stephen K. Robinson and Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., both mission specialists; along with payload specialist Bjarni V. Tryggvason, a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut.
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STS085-359-032 (7 - 19 August 1997) --- During off-duty time astronauts N. Jan Davis, payload commander, and Stephen K. Robinson, mission specialist, try their hands at chopsticks while having a meal of some Japanese rice on the Space Shuttle Discovery's mid-deck. Astronaut Curtis L. Brown, Jr., mission commander, is partially out of frame at left. Robinson and Brown are wearing special wrist bands that support a Detailed Supplementary Objective (DSO) experiment. Though Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) had no crew members aboard, it did have a major payload -- the Manipulator Flight Demonstration (MFD) hardware -- in Discovery's cargo bay.
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STS085-501-069 (7 - 19 August 1997) --- This 70mm frame was photographed from the Space Shuttle Discovery during the mission. Bare, brown rock and snow-capped Alpine summits in Austria contrast with dark, heavily-wooded upper slopes, the patchy silviculture of lower slopes, and completely farmed plains of Bavaria to the north. The large river is the Inn; Innsbruck is visible within the flat-bottomed, formerly glaciated valley. The new and old airports of Munich are prominent on the flat land to the north. Oberpfaffenhofen, the home of the German Space Agency (DARA), can be picked out west of Munich, south of an autobahn.
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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(S)006 (7 August 1997) --- The Space Shuttle Discovery has cleared the launch tower at Pad 39A, at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in this low-angle, 35mm frame, and is headed toward an eleven-day mission in Earth-orbit in support of the STS-85 mission. Launch occurred at 10:41 a.m. (EDT), August 7, 1997. Onboard the spacecraft were astronauts Curtis L. Brown, Jr., commander; Kent V. Rominger, pilot; N. Jan Davis, payload commander; and Stephen K. Robinson and Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., both mission specialists; along with payload specialist Bjarni V. Tryggvason, a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut.
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STS085-502-078 (7 - 19 August 1997) --- The southern coastline of seldom-seen Iceland can be detected under cloud, top right in this dramatic west-looking view. Iceland's capital city, Reykjavik, lies on the cape that projects furthest left (i.e. southwest) in this view. Along the southeast margin (nearest to the viewer), Iceland's largest icecap, Vatnaj?kull, appears as a white mass with a texture different to the spotty cumulus cloud. At the closest point, Greenland only lies 170 miles to the northwest of Iceland -- and under a hand lens, hundreds of miles of the east coast of Greenland can be seen stretching across the top of this view. Taken with the large format Linhof camera, the enormous clarity of the air on this day allowed the crew to photograph Iceland which lies 400 miles and more north of the northernmost point which the Space Shuttle Discovery attained (57.5 degrees north latitude). Greenland lies more than 700 miles from the orbiter. The nature of the light brown feature in the ocean (middle of the view under the tailfin) is unclear. Part is a reflection off the window, but part shows details characteristic of a plankton bloom.
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STS085-339-006 (7 - 19 August 1997) --- Astronaut Kent V. Rominger, pilot, checks on the Solid Surface Combustion Experiment (SSCE) on the mid-deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The experiment, which occupies the space of four lockers, consists of a Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA) fuel sample internally mounted in the center of a pressurized chamber. Two windows orthogonal to each other in the chamber wall allow viewing by a 16mm camera of the side edge and top of the PMMA sample.
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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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STS085-722-019 (15 August 1997) --- This view of supertyphoon Winnie was taken on August 15, 1997, as the storm swirled about 400 miles south of the southern tip of Japan. Sustained winds were 105 knots, gusting to 130 knots. This photo was shot on the Space Shuttle Discovery's twenty-third flight, as it glided by 170 miles above the sea surface on Orbit 123. On one pass the Discovery flew right over the eye; the commander commented that the eye was so large that it completely filled the window. The robotic arm crosses the top of the view. The cloud mass associated with Winnie covered thousands of square miles as this storm grew to supertyphoon status in the previous days, and raked across the Marianas Islands. A few days after this shot was taken, Winnie ploughed ashore on the coast of China, a bit south of the major metropolis of Shanghai, reportedly killing at least 100 people.
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STS085-358-005 (7 - 19 August 1997) --- Astronaut Curtis L. Brown, Jr., mission commander, floats on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery. The horizon of Earth is visible through the aft flight deck windows. On Brown's left wrist is a band associated with a Detailed Supplementary Objective (DSO). Two beverage packets are just beyond the commander's left shoulder.
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STS085-365-006 (7 - 19 August 1997) --- A 35mm camera with a time exposure was used to record this image of the southern lights or the aurora Australis. The vertical stabilizer of the Space Shuttle Discovery appears in the foreground.
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STS085-722-087 (7 - 19 August 1997) --- The Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere-Shuttle Pallet Satellite-2 (CRISTA-SPAS-2) having just been grappled by the Space Shuttle Discovery's Remote Manipulator System (RMS), is backdropped against Puget Sound and the Seattle, Washington area. A short while later, the satellite was re-berthed in the cargo bay, silhouetted in this 70mm frame. This image was exposed through the aft flight deck windows of Discovery.
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STS085-505-078 (7 - 19 August 1997) --- This large-format photograph, taken from the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery with a 250mm lens, shows most of Lebanon, from the Israeli border to just south of Tripoli. The main distinction is that between the forested coastal mountain ranges which receive rainfall regularly off the Mediterranean, and the yellow-brown "rainshadow" deserts inland (east) of the mountains. Damascus, capital of Syria lies just outside the view bottom right. The biblical and classical cities of Acre (bottom), Tyre, Sidon and Beirut (top, on promontory) all lie on the coast. The Bekaa valley and the Litani River lie inland of the Lebanon Mountains east of Beirut. The agricultural area in the south of the photograph is part of Israel and borders the Golan Heights.
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