NASA Photo ID: S88-41336          File Name: 10062819.gif 
 
Film Type: 4x5 CN                 Date Taken: 07/01/88 
 
Title: STS-26 MS Lounge prepares for contingency EVA exercises in JSC's WETF Bldg 29 
 
Description: 
 
STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Mission Specialist (MS) John M.  
Lounge, wearing extravehicular mobility unit (EMU), stands on a poolside  
platform while technicians check EMU helmet interface at neck ring.   
SCUBA-equipped divers, already in pool, look on.  Lounge dons EMU prior to 
a  contingency extravehicular activity (EVA) simulation in JSC's Weightless  
Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 where he will achieve neutral  
buoyancy. Photograph was taken by Keith Meyers of the NEW YORK TIMES.