S46-01-019 - STS-046 - STS-46 ESA MS Nicollier on OV-104's aft flight deck during EURECA deployment

The original finding aid described this as:

Description: STS-46 European Space Agency (ESA) Mission Specialist (MS) Claude Nicollier takes a break from European Retrievable Carrier 1L (EURECA-1L) pre-deployment checkout procedures to pose for a picture on the aft flight deck of the Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. Nicollier is standing in front of the onorbit station control panels with the aft flight deck viewing window W9 appearing behind him. (OV-104's vertical tail is seen outside the window). Above Nicollier's head is over head window W7 with the Eureca-1L grappled by the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) end effector visible outside. The crewman optical alignment sight (COAS) is mounted on the inside frame of W7.

Subject Terms: STS-46, ATLANTIS (ORBITER), INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, CREW OBSERVATION STATIONS, CREW WORKSTATIONS, CREWS, EURECA (ESA), EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY, FLIGHT DECK, NAVIGATION AIDS, REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM, WINDOWS

Date Taken: 8/1/1992

Categories: Payloads

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Film - 35MM CN

Preservation File Format: TIFF
STS-46