NASA Photo ID: S91-34735          File Name: 10065107.gif 
 
Film Type: 35mm CN                Date Taken: 04/24/91 
 
Title: STS-49 MS Thuot, in EMU, practices INTELSAT capture during WETF simulation 
 
Description: 
 
STS-49 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, Mission Specialist (MS) Pierre 
J.  Thuot trains for International Telecommunications Satellite 
Organization  (INTELSAT) VI satellite on-orbit repair and redeployment in 
JSC's Weightless  Environment Training Facility (WETF) Bldg 29 during an 
underwater simulation.  Thuot, wearing an extravehicular mobility unit 
(EMU), captures INTELSAT VI  mockup from its underside (aft side) while 
positioned on the manipulator foot  restraint (MFR) and utilizing capture 
bar. This view documents the beginning  of lengthy training sessions for 
STS-49.  Assigned for the initial flight of  OV-105, the mission is 
scheduled to repair the INTELSAT VI communications  satellite, stranded in 
an errant orbit since March 1990.  SCUBA-equipped  divers assist in the 
simulation.