Several members of the 1978 class of astronaut candidates, take a familiarization flight in a KC-135 zero-gravity aircraft on May 3, 1979. Steven R. Nagel (center), Richard Covey (left), George D. Nelson (right - face covered by his arm) and Robert L. Stewart (middle background) were among the half dozen candidates on this particular flight. Obscured in the background are Norman E. Thagard and Ellison S. Onizuka. The zero-gravity aircraft (often known as the "vomit comet") was based at Ellington Field near the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Image # : S-79-31684 Date: May 3, 1979

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Keywords: comet, covey, ellison, george, kc-135, nagal, nelson, norman, onizuka, richard, robert, steven, stewart, thagard, vomit