space photos

SPACE PHOTOS

At the 'cape in 1997, for the installation of the Crane into the shuttle 'Columbia' before the DTO test flight.

This is a shot underneath the open payload bay doors, in front of the wing, the side of the orbiter is visible, with the US flag.

Testing in zero-G aboard the KC-135 'vomit comet', somewhere over the gulf of Mexico.

The counter to the right indicates the G level, and the number of parabolas so far in the flight (42 so far). I'm up to about 450 parabolas, @ 30 seconds each, or 3 & 3/4 hours of zero-G time.

At the Russian neutrally bouyant facility at Star City, next to an empty Russian 'Orlan' suit.

This was taken 'back in the USSR', before we became buddies and space station partners. This project installed ultraheavy particle collectors onto the exterior of MIR station.

Sergei Krikalev did the installation, during the beginning of his really, really long flight.

'Bunny suited' integration of the FAST spacecraft at Goddard Space Flight Center

The 'telephone cord' wrapped around my neck is a grounding strap, to prevent damage to spacecraft electronics from static discharge.

SPACE PHOTOS
		At the 'cape in 1997, for the installation of the Crane into the shuttle 'Columbia' before the DTO test flight. This is a shot underneath the open payload bay doors, in front of the wing, the side of the orbiter is visible, with the US flag.
Testing in zero-G aboard the KC-135 'vomit comet', somewhere over the gulf of Mexico. The counter to the right indicates the G level, and the number of parabolas so far in the flight (42 so far). I'm up to about 450 parabolas, @ 30 seconds each, or 3 & 3/4 hours of zero-G time.
	At the Russian neutrally bouyant facility at Star City, next to an empty Russian 'Orlan' suit. This was taken 'back in the USSR', before we became buddies and space station partners. This project installed ultraheavy particle collectors onto the exterior of MIR station. Sergei Krikalev did the installation, during the beginning of his really, really long flight.
'Bunny suited' integration of the FAST spacecraft at Goddard Space Flight Center The 'telephone cord' wrapped around my neck is a grounding strap, to prevent damage to spacecraft electronics from static discharge.