| NASA Center: |
Johnson Space Center |
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| Image # : |
S49-91-026 |
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| Date : |
05/13/1992
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Title
Three Crew Members Capture Intelsat VI
Full Description
Three crewmembers of mission STS-49 hold onto the 4.5 ton International
Telecommunications Organization Satellite (INTELSAT) VI after a six-
handed "capture" was made minutes earlier during the mission's third
extravehicular activity (EVA).
From left to right: Mission Specialists(MS) Richard J. Hieb, Thomas D. Akers,
and Pierre J. Thuot.
The three prepare to attach the capture bar which is tethered to Hieb.
Thuot is positioned on the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm, from
which he had made two earlier unsuccessful grapple attempts on two-
person EVA sessions. Ground controllers and crewmembers agreed that
a third attempt, using three mission specialists in the payload bay
(PLB) was the effort needed to accomplish the capture feat.
Behind the three astronauts is the vertical perigee stage which will be
attached to the Intelsat VI prior to its release from the PLB.
Keywords
Endeavour Orbiter Extravehicular Activity EVA Intelsat VI STS-49 Richard Hieb Thomas Akers Pierre Thuot Spacewalk
Subject Category
Space Shuttle, EVAs-Spacewalk,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
JSC
- Center Number:
S49-91-026
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001035
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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