NASA Photo ID: STS053(S)001 File Name: 10065367.gif Film Type: 35mm CN Date Taken: 12/09/92 Title: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, crew insignia Description: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, crew insignia (logo), the official insignia of the NASA STS-53 mission, shows OV-103 rising to new achievements as it trails the symbol of the Astronaut office against a backdrop of the American flag. The five stars and three stripes also serve to symbolize the mission designation (STS-53) and America's continuing commitment to world leadership in space. The pentagonal shape of the patch represents the Department of Defense (DOD) and its support of the Space Shuttle Program. The band delineating the flag from space includes the four colors of the military services of the crewmembers. The names of the flight crewmembers are located along the border of the patch. They are Commander David M. Walker, Pilot Robert D. Cabana, Mission Specialist (MS) Guion S. Bluford, MS James S. Voss, and MS Michael R. U. Clifford. Each crewmember contributed to the design of the insignia. NASA Photo ID: S92-46829 File Name: 10065374.gif Film Type: 35mm CN Date Taken: 09/30/93 Title: STS-53 Mission Specialist Voss uses sky genie during JSC egress training Description: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Mission Specialist (MS) James S. Voss, suspended from sky genie, gives an Army salute during emergency egress training in JSC's Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9NE. Training personnel monitor his progress and camera operators record the session from below. The full fuselage trainer (FFT) and the manipulator development facility (MDF) are visible in the background. Voss is a U.S. Army major. NASA Photo ID: S92-34603 File Name: 10065387.gif Film Type: 120 CN Date Taken: 04/28/92 Title: STS-53 Discovery, OV-103, DOD Hercules digital electronic imagery equipment Description: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Department of Defense (DOD) mission Hand-held Earth-oriented Real-time Cooperative, User-friendly, Location, targeting, and Environmental System (Hercules) spaceborne experiment equipment is documented in this table top view. HERCULES is a joint NAVY-NASA-ARMY payload designed to provide real-time high resolution digital electronic imagery and geolocation (latitude and longitude determination) of earth surface targets of interest. HERCULES system consists of (from left to right): a specially modified GRID Systems portable computer mounted atop NASA developed Playback-Downlink Unit (PDU) and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) developed HERCULES Attitude Processor (HAP); the NASA-developed Electronic Still Camera (ESC) Electronics Box (ESCEB) including removable imagery data storage disks and various connecting cables; the ESC (a NASA modified Nikon F-4 camera) mounted atop the NRL HERCULES Inertial Measurement Unit (HIMU) containing the three-axis ring-laser gyro. NASA Photo ID: STS053(S)054 File Name: 10065388.gif Film Type: 120 CN Date Taken: 12/09/92 Title: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39A Description: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, rises above Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A after liftoff at 8:24:00 am (Eastern Standard Time (EST)). This distance view of the launch sequence was taken from the top of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and looks across the Florida wetlands to the launch pad with the Atlantic Ocean in the background. The launch pad area is covered with an exhaust cloud. The glow of the solid rocket booster (SRB) and space shuttle main engine (SSME) firings lights up the fixed service structure (FSS) and the retracted rotating service structure (RSS) in the foreground and the sound supression water system tank in the background. NASA Photo ID: STS053(S)056 File Name: 10065389.gif Film Type: 35mm CN Date Taken: 12/09/92 Title: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39A Description: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A at 8:24:00 am (Eastern Standard Time (EST)). An exhaust cloud frames OV-103, atop the external tank (ET) and flanked by two solid rocket boosters (SRBs), as it rises above the mobile launcher platform. NASA Photo ID: STS053(S)058 File Name: 10065390.gif Film Type: 35mm CN Date Taken: 12/09/92 Title: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, rises into sky after KSC liftoff Description: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, rises into the clear morning sky after liftoff from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A at 8:24:00 am (Eastern Standard Time (EST)). This low angle view looks up at OV-103, atop the external tank (ET) and flanked by two solid rocket boosters (SRBs), as it begins its roll maneuver. Exhaust plumes billow from the SRB skirts. The diamond shock effect is visible at the three space shuttle main engine (SSME) nozzles. NASA Photo ID: STS053(S)060 File Name: 10065391.gif Film Type: 35mm CN Date Taken: 12/09/92 Title: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, rises into sky after KSC liftoff Description: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, rises into the clear morning sky after liftoff from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A at 8:24:00 am (Eastern Standard Time (EST)). This profile view shows OV-103, riding atop the external tank (ET) and flanked by two solid rocket boosters. Exhaust plumes billow from the SRB skirts. The diamond shock effect is visible at the three space shuttle main engine (SSME) nozzles. NASA Photo ID: STS053-09-019 File Name: 10065395.gif Film Type: 35mm CN Date Taken: 12/09/92 Title: Detail view of the Fluid Acquisition and Resupply Equipment experiment. Description: Detail view of the middeck Fluid Acquisition and Resupply Equipment (FARE) experiment in operation. Photo shows the fluid mixture and transfer process in transparent sphere. NASA Photo ID: STS053-09-021 File Name: 10065396.gif Film Type: 35mm CN Date Taken: 12/09/92 Title: Detail view of the Fluid Acquisition and Resupply Equipment experiment. Description: Detail view of the middeck Fluid Acquisition and Resupply Equipment (FARE) experiment in operation. Photo shows the fluid mixture and transfer process in transparent sphere. NASA Photo ID: STS053-105-002 File Name: 10065401.gif Film Type: 70mm CN Date Taken: 12/09/92 Title: STS-53 view of OV-103's payload bay (PLB), the Moon, and Earth's surface Description: STS-53 view taken aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, captures the full moon backdropped against the blackness of space. The vertical tail points to the Earth's surface below. Also in the view is the payload bay (PLB) aft bulkhead and the orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods. NASA Photo ID: STS053(S)077 File Name: 10065402.gif Film Type: 120 CN Date Taken: 12/09/92 Title: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lands on runway 22 at EAFB, Calif Description: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, touches down at 12:43:17 pm (Pacific Standard Time (PST)) on concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California. A small cloud of dust is produced as the main landing gear (MLG) wheels hit the runway. The nose landing gear (NLG) rides above the runway surface. Desert scrub brush and the runway light fixtures appear in the foreground. Mountains and low-lying clouds are seen in the background. NASA Photo ID: STS053(S)081 File Name: 10065403.gif Film Type: 120 CN Date Taken: 12/09/92 Title: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lands on runway 22 at EAFB, Calif Description: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lands on concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California. Main landing gear (MLG) touchdown occurred at 12:43:17 pm (Pacific Standard Time (PST)). This profile view shows OV-103's starboard side with MLG wheels on the runway and nose landing gear (NLG) riding above the runway. Desert scrub brush appears in the foreground. EAFB hangars and mountains are seen in the background. NASA Photo ID: STS053(S)080 File Name: 10065404.gif Film Type: 120 CN Date Taken: 12/09/92 Title: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lands on runway 22 at EAFB, Calif Description: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, is slowed by a red, white, and blue drag chute during its landing on concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California. Main landing gear (MLG) touchdown occurred at 12:43:17 pm (Pacific Standard Time (PST)). This aft view of OV-103 shows the drag chute deployed from its compartment at the base of the vertical tail, the speedbrake/rudder flaps open, and the space shuttle main engines (SSMEs). Both MLG and nose landing gear (NLG) ride along the runway surface. Desert scrub brush appears in the foreground and mountains are seen in the background. NASA Photo ID: STS053(S)085 File Name: 10065405.gif Film Type: 120 CN Date Taken: 12/09/92 Title: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lands on runway 22 at EAFB, Calif Description: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, rides along concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California, as the red, white, and blue drag chute unfurls behind it. Nose landing gear (NLG) wheels are inches above the runway surface as the main landing gear (MLG) wheels roll along it. MLG touchdown occurred at 12:43:17 pm (Pacific Standard Time (PST)).This head-on view looks down OV-103's port side. The speedbrake/rudder flaps are deployed as the drag chute opens behind the vehicle. Desert scrub brush appears in the foreground and mountains are seen in the background. NASA Photo ID: STS053(S)089 File Name: 10065406.gif Film Type: 120 CN Date Taken: 12/09/92 Title: STS-53 Discovery, OV-103, is serviced on EAFB runway 22 after landing Description: In this aerial view, STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, is seen parked on runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California, following landing. A number of service vehicles and ground crew teams perform safing activities on the vehicle. Main landing gear (MLG) touchdown occurred at 12:43:17 pm (Pacific Standard Time (PST)) and ended the eight-day mission. NASA Photo ID: STS053(S)002 File Name: 10065368.gif Film Type: 120 CN Date Taken: 12/09/92 Title: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, official crew portrait Description: STS-53 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, crewmembers, wearing launch and entry suits (LESs), pose for official crew portrait in front of a display and space shuttle orbiter model at the Space Center Houston (SCH) facility. Pictured are, left to right (front) Mission Specialist (MS) Guion S. Bluford, MS James S. Voss and (back row) Commander David M. Walker, Pilot Robert D. Cabana, and MS Michael R.U. Clifford. Portrait made by NASA JSC contract photographer Jack Jacob. NASA Photo ID: S92-47653 File Name: 10065369.gif Film Type: 4x5 CN Date Taken: 10/09/92 Title: Official Portrait of Astronaut David M. Walker Description: Official portrait of astronaut David M. Walker. Walker, a member of Astronaut Class 8 and the United States Navy (USN), poses in launch and entry suit (LES) with helmet and flag. NASA Photo ID: S85-41885 File Name: 10065370.gif Film Type: 120 cn Date Taken: 10/04/85 Title: Official portrait Astronaut Robert D. Cabana Description: Official portrait of Astronaut Robert D. Cabana in the blue shuttle flight suit with an American flag in the background. There is a small model of the shuttle on a table in front of him. NASA Photo ID: S92-48766 File Name: 10065371.gif Film Type: 4x5 CN Date Taken: 10/23/92 Title: Official Portrait of astronaut Guion S. Bluford Description: Official portrait of astronaut Guion S. Bluford. Bluford, a member of Astronaut Class 8 and the United States Air Force (USAF), poses in his launch and entry suit (LES) holding a launch and entry helmet (LEH) with the United States flag as a backdrop. NASA Photo ID: S87-45892 File Name: 10065372.gif Film Type: 4x5 CN Date Taken: 10/15/87 Title: Official portrait of 1987 astronaut candidate James S. Voss Description: Official portrait of 1987 astronaut candidate James S. Voss. Voss, a member of the United States Army (USA) and Astronaut Class 12, wears a navy blue flight suit and holds space shuttle orbiter model. NASA Photo ID: S90-46441 File Name: 10065373.gif Film Type: 4x5 CN Date Taken: 08/21/90 Title: Official portrait of Michael R. U. Clifford Description: Official portrait of Michael R. U. Clifford, Army Major, 1990 Astronaut Class (Group 13) mission specialist candidate.