STS-77 TRAINING VIEW --- Canadian astronaut candidate Marc Garneau, later named as a mission specialist for NASAs STS-77 mission, participates in emergency bailout training at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Garneau was in the 1992 class of Astronaut Candidates (ascan). Wearing full parachute gear following a simulated parachute drop, Garneau has deployed a small life raft in a 25-feet deep pool in JSCs Weightless Environment Training Facility (WET-F). This portion of an astronauts training is to prepare him or her for proper measures to take in the event of bailout over water. Garneau is assisted here by one of several SCUBA-equipped divers in the pool.
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STS-77 TRAINING VIEW --- Canadian astronaut candidate Marc Garneau, later named as a mission specialist for NASAs STS-77 mission, participates in emergency bailout training at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Garneau was in the 1992 class of Astronaut Candidates (ascan). Wearing full parachute gear following a simulated parachute drop, Garneau has deployed a small life raft in a 25-feet deep pool in JSCs Weightless Environment Training Facility (WET-F). This portion of an astronauts training is to prepare him or her for proper measures to take in the event of bailout over water. Garneau is assisted here by one of several SCUBA-equipped divers in the pool.
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