COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Record
Name of Image:
STS-61B Astronaut Ross During ACCESS Extravehicular Activity
Full Description:
The crew assigned to the STS-61B mission included Bryan D. O?Conner, pilot; Brewster H. Shaw, commander; Charles D. Walker, payload specialist; mission specialists Jerry L. Ross, Mary L. Cleave, and Sherwood C. Spring; and Rodolpho Neri Vela, payload specialist. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis November 28, 1985 at 7:29:00 pm (EST), the STS-61B mission?s primary payload included three communications satellites: MORELOS-B (Mexico); AUSSAT-2 (Australia); and SATCOM KU-2 (RCA Americom). Two experiments were conducted to test assembling erectable structures in space: EASE (Experimental Assembly of Structures in Extravehicular Activity), and ACCESS (Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structure). In a joint venture between NASA/Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia and the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), EASE and ACCESS were developed and demonstrated at MSFC's Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS). The primary objective of this experiment was to test the structural assembly concepts for suitability as the framework for larger space structures and to identify ways to improve the productivity of space construction. In this STS-61B onboard photo, astronaut Ross was working on the ACCESS experiment during an Extravehicular Activity (EVA).
Date of Image:
1985-11-30
Category:
Space Shuttle Projects
term:
ACCESS
facet_who:
Jerry L. Ross
facet_what:
Morelos-B
facet_where:
Australia
facet_when:
November 28, 1985
facet_when_year:
1985
Reference Number:
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:
8562551
NIX #:
MSFC-8562551
MSFC Negative Number:
8562551
UID:
SPD-MARSH-8562551
