51A_v_c_o_TPMBK (S19-104-025, auto)
“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.”
I couldn’t find the photograph, let alone with a caption, so the above is taken from that associated with a similar photograph of this particular ‘docking’ sequence.
Note the photograph’s numbering ‘prefix’…S19, i.e., “STS-19”. Pertinent discussion regarding such/similar:
www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum30/HTML/000943.html
Credit: collectSPACE website
The photograph is signed by fellow EVA partner & crew member, Joe Allen.
Multiple surface handling ‘indentations’, obvious when viewed obliquely, are not evident when viewed directly.
Finally, just for sh!ts & giggles, I dare you to search on "STS-51A" at the following site...I dare you:
P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C
51A_v_c_o_TPMBK (S19-104-025, auto)
“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.”
I couldn’t find the photograph, let alone with a caption, so the above is taken from that associated with a similar photograph of this particular ‘docking’ sequence.
Note the photograph’s numbering ‘prefix’…S19, i.e., “STS-19”. Pertinent discussion regarding such/similar:
www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum30/HTML/000943.html
Credit: collectSPACE website
The photograph is signed by fellow EVA partner & crew member, Joe Allen.
Multiple surface handling ‘indentations’, obvious when viewed obliquely, are not evident when viewed directly.
Finally, just for sh!ts & giggles, I dare you to search on "STS-51A" at the following site...I dare you:
P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C