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WORKING
IN SPACE
Space
Shuttle astronauts monitor payloads and operate the remote manipulator
arm from the aft crew station (shown here) at the rear of the flight
deck. From this position, they can see into the orbiter's payload
bay.
Crew
members wear comfortable clothing--shirt, pants or shorts, jacket,
and slipper socks--on Shuttle missions.
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uniforms were worn by astronauts Guion Bluford on STS-8 and Sally
Ride on STS-7, two 1983 Shuttle missions. Bluford, an Air Force officer
with a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering, was the first African-American
in space. Ride, with a Ph.D. in physics, was the first American woman
in space. Each astronaut chooses the wording on his or her name tag. |
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| Tamara
Jernigan, Ph.D., performs a medical checkup on U.S. Air Force Capt.
Sidney Gutierrez on STS-40 in 1991. |
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The
crew of STS 61-A (1985) pauses for a group portrait. |
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Kathryn
Sullivan, first U.S. woman to walk in space, wore these gloves while
she worked in the payload bay of the Shuttle on the STS 41-G mission
in 1984.
Transferred
from NASA
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SI#: 97-16265-55 |
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pressure-suit glove (and its mate) was worn by Soviet cosmonaut Anatoly
Berezovoy during his Soyuz flights to and from the Salyut 7 space
station in 1982. He spent 211 days in orbit.
Lent by
The Perot Foundation
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