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NASA image: Portrait of STS-46 Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba taken at MSFC
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Mar 12, 1992

Portrait of STS-46 Italian Payload Specialist Franco Malerba taken at MSFC

S92-30926 (12 March 1992) --- Astronaut Franco Malerba, STS-46 Italian Payload Specialist.

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NASA image: Official portrait of the STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, crew
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Feb 26, 1999

Official portrait of the STS-46 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, crew

STS046-S-002 (May 1992) --- The crew members assigned to the STS-46 mission pose with seven flags that represent...

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NASA image: EURECA-1L drifts above the Earth surface after STS-46 deployment from OV-104
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Aug 8, 1992

EURECA-1L drifts above the Earth surface after STS-46 deployment from OV-104

The European Retrievable Carrier 1L (EURECA-1L) spacecraft, with solar array panels extended, drifts above the Earth...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Projects
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Jul 31, 1992

Space Shuttle Projects

Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on July 31, 1992 at 9:56:48 am (EDT), the STS-46 mission’s primary...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Projects
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Aug 8, 1992

Space Shuttle Projects

Sharing this scene with a half-moon is the Tethered Satellite System (TSS), in a photo captured onboard the STS-46....

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Projects
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Aug 24, 1992

Space Shuttle Projects

This STS-46 onboard photo is of the Tethered Satellite System-1 (TSS-1) being deployed from its boom as it is...

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NASA image: STS-46 Pilot Allen uses cycle ergometer on OV-104's middeck
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Aug 8, 1992

STS-46 Pilot Allen uses cycle ergometer on OV-104's middeck

STS046-24-025 (31 July-8 Aug. 1992) --- Astronaut Andrew M. Allen, STS-46 pilot, exercises on the bicycle ergometer...

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NASA image: STS-46 Pilot Allen, in LES, at pilots station on OV-104's forward flight deck
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Aug 8, 1992

STS-46 Pilot Allen, in LES, at pilots station on OV-104's forward flight deck

STS046-10-003 (8 Aug. 1992) --- Astronaut Andrew M. Allen, STS-46 pilot, positioned in the pilot's station and...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Project
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Aug 1, 1992

Space Shuttle Project

Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-46) onboard photo of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1) deployment. A cooperative...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Project
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Aug 6, 1992

Space Shuttle Project

This Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis (STS-46) onboard photo is a close-up view of the Tethered Satellite System...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Project
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Aug 8, 1992

Space Shuttle Project

This Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis (STS-46) onboard photo shows Swiss scientist Claude Nicollier of the European...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Project
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Aug 1, 1992

Space Shuttle Project

Pictured here is a Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-46) onboard photo of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1)...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Project
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Aug 24, 1992

Space Shuttle Project

A crewmember aboard the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis (STS-46) used a 70mm handheld camera to capture this medium...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Project
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Aug 1, 1992

Space Shuttle Project

Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-46) onboard photo of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1) in Orbiter's cargo bay. The...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Project
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Aug 1, 1992

Space Shuttle Project

Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-46) onboard photo of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1) on deployer boom. The...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Project
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Aug 8, 1992

Space Shuttle Project

The Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis (STS-46) touched down at Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility...

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NASA image: STS-46 crew poses for onboard (in-space) portrait on OV-104's middeck
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Aug 8, 1992

STS-46 crew poses for onboard (in-space) portrait on OV-104's middeck

STS046-12-009 (31 July-8 Aug. 1992) --- The seven crew members for the STS-46 mission pose for the traditional...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Project
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Aug 1, 1992

Space Shuttle Project

This is a Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis (STS-46) onboard photo of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1) deployment....

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NASA image: STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite deployment from OV-104
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Aug 4, 1992

STS-46 Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) satellite deployment from OV-104

STS046-73-052 (4 Aug 1992) --- A 70mm handheld camera was used by the crew members to capture this medium close-up...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Project
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Jul 31, 1992

Space Shuttle Project

The Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis (STS-46) breaks free of all earthly constraints and hurdles past the Fixed...

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NASA image: STS-46 EURECA spacecraft during processing at Astrotech Space Operation
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Dec 8, 1991

STS-46 EURECA spacecraft during processing at Astrotech Space Operation

S92-41442 (3 Dec 1991) --- At the Astrotech Space Operations spacecraft processing facility in Titusville, German...

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NASA image: STS-46 MS Chang-Diaz floats in life raft during water egress training at JSC
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Apr 10, 1992

STS-46 MS Chang-Diaz floats in life raft during water egress training at JSC

S92-33478 (12 March 1992) --- Astronaut Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, mission specialist, relies on a one-person life raft...

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NASA image: STS-46 MS Hoffman & MS Chang-Diaz wear masks during pre-breathe on OV-104
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Aug 4, 1992

STS-46 MS Hoffman & MS Chang-Diaz wear masks during pre-breathe on OV-104

STS046-33-028 (4 Aug. 1992) --- With the possibility of an extravehicular activity (EVA) being added to the agenda,...

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NASA image: STS-46 Atlantis, OV-104, Tethered Satellite System (TSS) processing at KSC
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Jul 9, 1992

STS-46 Atlantis, OV-104, Tethered Satellite System (TSS) processing at KSC

S92-41073 (31 oct 1991) --- In the Operations and Checkout Building high bay, preflight processing continues on the...

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NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
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