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Some images from previous visits to KSC during the Level IV testing
timeframe
by Stefan Rosner
December 20, l997
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KSC engineer Sue Sitko is shown while leading the General Purpose
Work Station (GPWS) / E150 Interface Verification Test (IVT) during
Level IV testing. The images on the two video monitors are from "surveillance"
cameras in the Spacelab module, and show ARC representative Bob Dumais
performing the procedural steps needed to set up and operate the E150
experiment hardware the test. |
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This image is actually a "screen shot" of the larger video monitor
shown in image #3 above. It shows Bob Dumais in the Spacelab module
with one hand in the deployed GPWS cabinet performing steps from the
Level IV GPWS / E150 IVT. Bob spent many long, uncomfortable hours
in his "Bunny Suit" in the module performing such tests, so if you
ever meet him, be sure to thank him for his hard work. |
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This (not very well exposed) image shows the launch of the Cassini
planetary probe on a Titan IV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Station
(CCAS), and was taken from the beach in front of my hotel in Cocoa
Beach, Florida. All space launches are exciting to watch, but night
launches such as this one are particularly spectacular to watch, though
difficult to capture with a camera due to the relatively narrow "latitude"
of exposure compared with the wide range of light levels. The launch
window of Neurolab / STS-90 is in the early afternoon, so our launch
will be easier to photograph but not quite as spectacular to watch.
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