ASCAN Helms simulates parachute jump during VAFB training exercises
S90-48372 (29-31 July 1990) --- Mission specialist astronaut candidate Susan J. Helms simulates a parachute jump during a survival training course at Vance Air Force Base. She is one of 23 astronaut candidates from the Johnson Space Center who have joined military personnel for the special three-day training course. The course is designed to prepare the trainees for proper survival measures to take in the event of an emergency aboard the T-38 jet trainer aircraft they will frequently use once they become full-fledged astronauts.
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s90-48372
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September 17, 1990
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JSC
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