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Crew Compartment Trainer

STS-26 Mission Specialist George D. Nelson trains in the Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) located in Johnson Space Center's Shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory in March 1988. Nelson, wearing a partial pressure suit and helmet, exits the CCT via a slide inflated at the side hatch. Technicians at the bottom of the slide prepare to help Nelson to his feet as a second set of technicians observe the activity from scaffolding on either side of the open hatch. (NASA photo)
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A shuttle crew escape systems test is conducted by astronauts Steven R. Nagel (left) and Manley L. (Sonny) Carter in Johnson Space Center's Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) in March 1987. Nagel and Carter are evaluating methods for crew escape during space shuttle controlled gliding flight. Here, Carter serves as test subject evaluating egress positioning for the tractor rocket escape method -- one of the two systems being closely studied by NASA. (NASA photo)
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Crew Compartment Trainer

Astronaut Richard O. Covey sits at the pilot's station in the Crew Compartment trainer (CCT) at Johnson Space Center in July 1986. Astronaut Frederick H. (Rick) Hauck (almost obscured at left) is in the commander's station. Covey was named as pilot for the STS-26 mission to be flown in 1988. (NASA photo)
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Crew Compartment Trainer

Astronaut Frederick H. (Rick) Hauck sits at the commander's station in the Crew Compartment trainer (CCT) at Johnson Space Center in July 1986. Hauck was named as commander for the STS-26 mission to be flown in 1988. (NASA photo)
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Crew Compartment Trainer

Three astronauts named in January 1987 as part of a five-member crew for NASA's first flight since the Challenger accident are shown in a photo session in July 1986. Left to right are astronauts John M. (Mike) Lounge, Richard O. Covey and David C. Hilmers. Lounge and Hilmers will serve as mission specialists for the STS-26 flight and Covey will serve as pilot. The three are on the mid deck of the Crew Compartment Trainer. (NASA photo)
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Crew Compartment Trainer

Astronaut Richard O. Covey retrieves a helmet from a stowed extravehicular mobility unit spacesuit in the airlock of the one-G Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) at Johnson Space Center. Covey was training for the STS-26 flight in July 1986. (NASA photo)
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Crew Compartment Trainer

Astronaut John M. (Mike) Lounge, STS-26 mission specialist, heads upward to the flight deck from the mid deck in the Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) at the Shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory during a March 10, 1988, crew station review. The crew donned new partial pressure suits to evaluate crew equipment and procedures related to emergency egress methos and proposed crew escape options. (NASA photo)
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Crew Compartment Trainer

As STS-67 Astro-2 payload specialist Samuel T. Durrance looks on, astronauts Stephen S. Oswald, mission commander, and Wendy B. Lawrence, flight engineer, discuss troubleshooting communications problems during a training session at Johnson Space Center in October 1994. The three, scheduled to spend 16 days aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour early next year, are in the Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) at Johnson's Shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory. (NASA photo)
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Attired in partial pressure launch and entry suits, payload specialists Dr. Jean-Jacques Favier and Dr. Chiaki Mukai rehearse launch and entry procedures on Dec. 22, 1993. Dr. Favier of the French space agency, Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) is the backup for Dr. Mukai of Japan, the payload specialist representing the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) onboard Columbia. Dr. Favier will communicate with the International Microgravity Lab's crew from the ground during the scheduled 13-day flight. The two joined six NASA astronauts at Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory for the training session. (NASA photo)
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Crew Compartment Trainer

Steven MacLean, Canadian payload specialist for the STS-52 mission, practices using a camera for the Earth observations portion of his scheduled October spaceflight. MacLean joined other crewmembers in the Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) on July 29, 1992, part of the Shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory at Johnson Space Center. (NASA photo)
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Crew Compartment Trainer

Astronaut George D. Nelson, STS-26 mission specialist, is followed into the mid deck by an unidentified crewmember in the crew compartment trainer (CCT) in the Shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory during a March 10, 1988, crew station review. The crew donned new partial pressure suits to evaluate crew equipment and procedures related to emergency egress methods and proposed crew escape options. (NASA photo)
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Crew Compartment Trainer

In preparation for a STS-93 detailed test objective (DTO), astronauts Jeffrey S. Ashby, pilot, and Catherine G. (Cady) Coleman, mission specialist, train with a high-definition television camcorder. The camera will be carried onboard the Space Shuttle Columbia for their scheduled July 1999 mission. The rehearsal with the DTO 700-17A hardware took place in the Crew Compartment Trainer at Johnson Space Center's Systems Integration Facility in April 1999. (NASA photo)
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Crew Compartment Trainer

STS-36 crewmembers, wearing launch and entry suits, take a break from their emergency egress training to pose for an informal crew portrait in front of the Crew Compartment Trainer at Johnson Space Center's Mockup and Integration Laboratory in 1989. Left to right are Pilot John H. Casper, Commander John O. Creighton, and Mission Specialists Pierre J. Thuot, Richard M. Mullane and David C. Hilmers. The crewmembers were practicing egress procedures necessary in the event of an emergency aboard the space shuttle. (NASA photo)
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Crew Compartment Trainer

Astronaut Michael J. Bloomfield, STS-97 pilot, mans the pilot's station of a Crew Compartment Trainer in July 1999 during a training exercise at Johnson Space Center's Systems Integration Facility. (NASA photo)
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Astronaut Gerhard P.J. Thiele, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency, slides off the shuttle escape pole onto a soft surface during emergency bailout training for the STS-99 crew members in May 1999. A second STS-99 crew member awaits his turn. Looking on are technician David Borjas (second right) and videographer Charles Clendaniel (right). The training took place at the Crew Compartment Trainer in the Systems Integration Facility at Johnson Space Center. (NASA photo)
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Crew Compartment Trainer

Astronaut Carl E. Walz, mission specialist, is joined by crew mates in an emergency egress training session at Johnson Space Center's Shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory in June 1996. Wearing training versions of the orange, partial-pressure launch and entry suit, the crew members received a refreshment course on usage of the escape pole, seen here in the Crew Compartment Trainer. (NASA photo)
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Crew Compartment Trainer

Astronaut Curtis L. Brown mans the pilot's station of the Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) in June 1994 during a rehearsal of procedures to be followed during launch and entry phases of the scheduled November flight of STS-66. This rehearsal, held in the CCT at Johnson Space Center's Shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory, was followed by a training session on emergency egress procedures. Making his second flight in space, Brown will join four other NASA astronauts and a European mission specialist for a week and a half aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in Earth-orbit in support of the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-3). (NASA photo)
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Crew Compartment Trainer

Astronauts Donald R. McMonagle (left) and Curtis L. Brown man the commander's and pilot's stations, respectively, during a rehearsal of ascent and entry phases of their scheduled November 1994 flight aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis. Three other NASA astronauts and a European mission specialist joined the two for this training exercise in the Crew Compartment Trainer at Johnson Space Center's Shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory in June 1994 and will join them aboard Atlantis in November. The flight is manifest to support the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-3) mission. (NASA photo)
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Crew Compartment Trainer

Astronaut Scott E. Parazynski looks at fellow STS-66 mission specialist Joseph R. Tanner (foreground) during a rehearsal of procedures to be followed during launch and entry phases of the their scheduled November 1994 flight. This rehearsal, held in the Crew Compartment Trainer at Johnson Space Center's Shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory in June 1994, was followed by a training session on emergency egress procedures. In November, Parazynski and Tanner will join three other NASA astronauts and a European mission specialist for a week and a half aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in Earth-orbit in support of the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-3). (NASA photo)
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Astronaut Joseph R. Tanner, mission specialist, checks his glove during a rehearsal for launch and entry phases of the scheduled November 1994 flight of STS-66. This rehearsal, held in the Crew Compartment Trainer at Johnson Space Center's Shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory in June 1994, was followed by a training session on emergency egress procedures. In November, Tanner will join four other NASA astronauts and a European mission specialist for a week and a half aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in Earth-orbit in support of the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-3). (NASA photo)
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