| NASA Center: |
Johnson Space Center |
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| Image # : |
80-HC-572 |
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| Date : |
03/02/1979
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Title
Guion Bluford Experiences Weightlessness on the KC-135
Full Description
Astronaut Guion S. Bluford and Aviation Safety Officer Charles F.
Hayes got a unique perspective of their environment during a zero
gravity flight. They are aboard a KC-135 aircraft, also known as
the vomit comet, which flies a special parabolic pattern
repeatedly to afford a series of 30-seconds-of-weightlessness
sessions. Bluford and Hayes are being assisted by C.P. Stanley
of the photography branch of the photographic technology division
at JSC. Some medical studies and motion sickness experiments
were conducted on this particular flight. Bluford is one of 20
scientist astronauts who began training at JSC in July 1978.
Keywords
Guion Bluford Charles Hayes C.P. Stanley KC-135 vomit comet
Subject Category
Astronauts, Simulators, Microgravity Research
Reference Numbers
- Center:
JSC
- Center Number:
80-HC-572
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2002-000148
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
| Resolution | Format | Width
(Pixels) | Height
(Pixels) | Size
(KBytes) |
Thumbnail |
JPEG |
90 |
87 |
17 |
Small |
JPEG |
640 |
617 |
353 |
Medium |
JPEG |
1500 |
1446 |
1,397 |
Large |
JPEG |
3000 |
2893 |
4,790 |
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