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Rick Hieb peers into the flight deck Main Content
NASA Center: Johnson Space Center
Image # : s49-28-001
Date : 05/16/1992

Title

Rick Hieb peers into the flight deck

Full Description

Rick Hieb, a Mission Specialist aboard STS-49, looks into the aft flight deck of the orbiter during his spacewalk. STS-49, which launched on May 7, 1992 and returned:to Earth on May 16, 1992, marked the first flight of Endeavour and the first shuttle mission to feature four EVAs. Hieb, along with fellow astronauts Pierre Thuot and Thomas Akers helped to recover INTELSAT VI, a communications satellite whose orbit had become unstable.

Keywords

Rick Hieb, spacewalk, EVA, STS-49, Intelsat VI, communications satellites, Endeavour

Subject Category

Space Shuttle, EVAs-Spacewalks

Reference Numbers

  • Center: JSC
  • Center Number: s49-28-001
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2006-000015

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: Digital

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Thumbnail JPEG 121 79 21
Small JPEG 966 632 341
Medium JPEG 2013 1317 1,242
Large JPEG 4026 2634 3,865

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