NASA Photo ID: STS055(S)002       File Name: 10073114.gif 
 
Film Type: 4x5 CN                 Date Taken: 05/06/93 
 
Title: STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, Spacelab D2 official crew portrait 
 
Description: 
 
STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, crewmembers, wearing their 
launch  and entry suits (LESs), pose for their official crew portrait.  
Five NASA  astronauts and two German payload specialists, assigned to fly 
aboard OV-102  in support of Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2), are pictured.  On 
the front row  (left to right) are Pilot Terence T. Henricks (holding 
launch and entry  helmet (LEH)), Commander Steven R. Nagel (holding crew 
insignia), and Mission  Specialist 2 (MS2) Charles J. Precourt (holding 
LEH).  In the back are (left  to right) MS3 Bernard A. Harris, Jr, Payload 
Specialist 2 Hans Schlegel, MS  and Payload Commander (PLC) Jerry L. Ross, 
and Payload Specialist 1 Ulrich  Walter.  In the background are the United 
States and German flags.  Portrait  made by NASA JSC contract photographer 
Robert L. Walck.