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51A_v/r?_c_o_KPP (84-H-655, 84-HC-582, S19-46-068)

“Astronaut Dale A. Gardner, getting his turn in the manned maneuvering unit (MMU) like those used by five other astronauts this year, prepares to dock with a spinning Westar VI satellite. Gardner used a large tool called the apogee kick motor capture device (ACD) to enter the nozzle of a spent Westar engine and stabilize the communications spacecraft sufficiently to capture it for return to Earth in the cargo bay of the Discovery.”

 

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Uploaded on December 10, 2018