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Some images from previous visits to KSC during the Level IV testing timeframe

by Stefan Rosner
December 20, l997

Full description at right of photo 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.
Full description at right of photo 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.
Full description at right of photo 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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