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NASA image: Photograph of Astronaut Jay Apt
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May 31, 1995

Photograph of Astronaut Jay Apt

S95-10987 (1995) --- Astronaut Jerome "Jay" Apt.

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NASA image: Official portrait of astronaut Jerome Apt
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Jul 9, 1990

Official portrait of astronaut Jerome Apt

S90-42988 (October 1990) --- Astronaut Jerome (Jay) Apt.

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NASA image: Astronauts Waltz and Apt in Spacehab module
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Sep 17, 1996

Astronauts Waltz and Apt in Spacehab module

STS79-E-5007 (17 September 1996) --- Astronauts Carl E. Walz and Jerome (Jay) Apt, mission specialists, report to...

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NASA image: ETTF - Apt inserts sample into experiment in Spacehab
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Sep 17, 1996

ETTF - Apt inserts sample into experiment in Spacehab

STS79-E-5019 (17 September 1996) --- Astronaut Jerome (Jay) Apt inserts experiment into Extreme Temperature...

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NASA image: MGM - Apt works with MGM experiment chamber
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Sep 18, 1996

MGM - Apt works with MGM experiment chamber

STS79-E-5042 (18 September 1996) --- Astronaut Jerome (Jay) Apt performs In-Flight Maintenance (IFM) on Active Rack...

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NASA image: Astronaut Jay Apt uses Hasselblad camera to record earth observations
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Apr 20, 1994

Astronaut Jay Apt uses Hasselblad camera to record earth observations

STS059-46-025 (9-20 April 1994) --- On the Space Shuttle Endeavour's aft flight deck astronaut Jerome (Jay) Apt,...

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NASA image: Wreckage of the X-2 rocket plane was taken to NACA's High Speed Flight Station for analysis following the 1956 crash that killed Air Force pilot Capt. Mel Apt
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Nov 21, 1956

Wreckage of the X-2 rocket plane was taken to NACA's High Speed Flight Station for analysis following the 1956 crash that killed Air Force pilot Capt. Mel Apt

The X-2, initially an Air Force program, was scheduled to be transferred to the civilian National Advisory Committee...

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NASA image: ETTF - Apt inserts sample into experiment in Spacehab
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Sep 17, 1996

ETTF - Apt inserts sample into experiment in Spacehab

STS79-E-5018 (17 September 1996) --- Astronaut Jerome (Jay) Apt prepares experiment, a rod-like device for insertion...

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NASA image: Astronauts Apt and Walz packed stowage items in the Spacehab
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Sep 22, 1996

Astronauts Apt and Walz packed stowage items in the Spacehab

STS79-E-5268 (22 September 1996) --- Astronauts Jerome (Jay) Apt and Thomas D. Akers seal up a transfer stowage bag...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Projects
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Jan 11, 1994

Space Shuttle Projects

Astronauts included in the STS-59 crew portrait include (standing in rear, left to right) Kevin P. Chilton, pilot;...

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NASA image: Astronaut Apt on the middeck with TIPS messages
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Nov 5, 1996

Astronaut Apt on the middeck with TIPS messages

STS079-365-004 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- During off-duty time, Jerome (Jay) Apt, a licensed amateur radio operator,...

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NASA image: Space Science
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Jan 28, 1991

Space Science

This is the STS-37 Crew portrait. Pictured from left to right are Kenneth D. (Ken) Cameron, pilot; Jay Apt, mission...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Projects
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Apr 5, 1991

Space Shuttle Projects

Aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis, the STS-37 mission launched April 5, 1991 from launch pad 39B at the Kennedy...

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NASA image: Astronaut Apt takes photos of the Earth from the aft flight deck
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Oct 28, 1996

Astronaut Apt takes photos of the Earth from the aft flight deck

STS079-341-036 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- Following the space shuttle Atlantis' separation from the Russian Mir Space...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Projects
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May 1, 1996

Space Shuttle Projects

The crew assigned to the STS-79 mission included (seated front left to right) Jerome (Jay) Apt, mission specialist;...

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NASA image: Microgravity
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Sep 16, 1996

Microgravity

Astronaut Jerome Apt works at the Extreme Temperature Translation Furnace.

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NASA image: STS-37 crewmembers work with CETA during EVA training in JSC's WETF
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Oct 10, 1989

STS-37 crewmembers work with CETA during EVA training in JSC's WETF

S89-46985 (October 1989) --- Astronauts Jerry L Ross and Jerome (Jay) Apt, STS-37 mission specialists, practice a...

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NASA image: STS-37 EVA astronauts in PLB wave to fellow crewmembers in crew compartment
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Dec 22, 2017

STS-37 EVA astronauts in PLB wave to fellow crewmembers in crew compartment

During their STS-37 extravehicular activity (EVA), Mission Specialist (MS) Jerry L. Ross (left) and MS Jerome Apt,...

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NASA image: History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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Aug 21, 1991

History of Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

Astronauts Jim Voss and Jay Apt perform check-out procedures on a Hubble Space Telescope mock-up while working in...

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NASA image: Astronauts Apt and Readdy at Spacehab window
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Oct 29, 1996

Astronauts Apt and Readdy at Spacehab window

STS079-346-022 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- Astronaut William F. Readdy, mission commander, looks at the night sky and...

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NASA image: STS-79 and Mir 22 crew aboard the Mir space station
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Oct 24, 1996

STS-79 and Mir 22 crew aboard the Mir space station

STS079-335-025 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- Astronaut Jerome (Jay) Apt, in the flight engineer's cabin aboard Russia's Mir...

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NASA image: ETTF - Extreme Temperature Translation Furnace experiment
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Sep 23, 1996

ETTF - Extreme Temperature Translation Furnace experiment

STS79-E-5275 (16 - 26 September 1996) --- Aboard the Spacehab double module in the Space Shuttle Atlantis' cargo...

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NASA image: STS-37 crew EVA in the payload bay
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Dec 27, 2017

STS-37 crew EVA in the payload bay

Photographic documentation showing activities in the payload bay of the orbiter Atlantis during STS-37. View...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-79 astronauts arrive at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility in their T-38 aircraft from Johnson Space Center in Houston. From left are Mission Specialists John E. Blaha and Tom Akers; Commander William F. Readdy; PIlot Terrence W. Wilcutt; and Mission Specialists Jay Apt and Carl E. Walz. The astronauts are at KSC for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, a dress rehearsal for launch. They are scheduled to lift off around Sept. 12 on Mission STS-79, the fourth docking between the U.S. Shuttle and Russian Space Station Mir.
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Aug 25, 1996

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-79 astronauts arrive at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility in their T-38 aircraft from Johnson Space Center in Houston. From left are Mission Specialists John E. Blaha and Tom Akers; Commander William F. Readdy; PIlot Terrence W. Wilcutt; and Mission Specialists Jay Apt and Carl E. Walz. The astronauts are at KSC for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, a dress rehearsal for launch. They are scheduled to lift off around Sept. 12 on Mission STS-79, the fourth docking between the U.S. Shuttle and Russian Space Station Mir.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-79 astronauts arrive at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility in their T-38 aircraft...

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