Astronaughts wearing Extravehicular Mobility Units simulate handling of large components in space Above Endeavour's Payload bay
Backdropped against the blue and white Earth Mission Specialist MS and Payload Commander PLC G David Low and MS Peter J K Wisoff wearing Extravehicular Mobility Units EMUs simulate handling of large components in space Above Endeavour s Payload Bay PLB Low anchored by a Portable Foot Restraint PFR Manipulator Foot Restraint MFR on the Remote Manipulator System RMS end effector maneuvers Wisoff representing the mass of a large space component This particular task was rehearsed with eyes toward the servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope HST or the assembly and maintenance of Space Station This Extravehicular Activity EVA Detailed Test Objective DTO was conducted both with and without intentional disturbances from Endeavour s thrusters and movements of the RMS The SPACEHAB 01 Commercial Middeck Augmentation Module CMAM is visible in the foreground with the Superfluid Helium On Orbit Transfer SHOOT payload liquid helium dewar assembly and the European Retrievable Carrier EURECA only partially visible in the aft PLB shadows The vertical stabilizer and Orbital Maneuvering System OMS pods are silhouetted against the Earth s surface
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Keywords: 57, activity, astronaught, astronaughts, david, endeavour, eva, extravehicular, hst, hubble, nasa, peter, shuttle, space, spacehab, spacewalk, sts, telescope, wisoff
