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Around Marshall

NASA / MSFC · 1993-08-01 · photograph (digital archive)

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This close-up of astronaut and mission specialist Kathryn Thornton was captured under water in the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Neural Buoyancy Simulator (NBS) where she is participating in a training session for the STS-61 mission. The NBS provided the weightless environment encountered in space needed for testing and the practices of Extravehicular Activities (EVA). Launched on December 2, 1993 aboard the Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavor, STS-61 was the first Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

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Credit lineAround Marshall. NASA/MSFC, 1993-08-01. Public domain. ID: 9307462.
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