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NASA T-38 Talon training aircraft. Terry Slezak and Judith Hayes on the KC-135 Zero G aircraft Ulf Merbold, Ernst Messerschmid, Terry Slezak on the KC-135 Zero G aircraft. Ernst Messerschmid on the KC-135 Zero G aircraft. Reinhard Furrer, Ulf Merbold, Bonnie Dunbar, Wubbo Ockels, Ernst Messerschmid, and Guy Bluford on the KC-135 Zero G aircraft.
NASA T-38s Training in
KC-135
Zero-G aircraft 		Training in
KC-135
Zero-G aircraft 		Training in
KC-135
Zero-G aircraft 		Training in
KC-135
Zero-G aircraft
                                     
STS 61-A crew members Bonnie Dunbar, Reinhard Furrer, and Ernst Messerschmid training in Building 9A before their mission. Underwater EVA Simulation of "Flyswatter" attachment in the Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) prior to the STS 51-D mission in April 1985. Underwater EVA Simulation of "Flyswatter" attachment in the Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) prior to the STS 51-D mission in April 1985. STS 51-L “Teacher in Space” Christa McAuliffe and her backup crew member, Barbara Morgan (in back), training on the KC-135 Zero G aircraft. Terry Slezak is seated behind. Post-mission Zero-Gravity flight on November 12, 1985, with members of the STS 61-A crew and Spacelab participants.
STS 61-A
crew members 		WETF training WETF training Training in
KC-135
Zero-G aircraft 		Post-mission
Zero-G flight
                                     
STS 51-L “Teacher in Space” Christa McAuliffe (at top) her backup crew member, Barbara Morgan, and Payload Specialist Greg Jarvis training on the KC-135 Zero G aircraft. S86-26592 Weightless Environment Training Facility (WETF) simulation and training, January 1985. Indonesian Payload Specialists Taufik Akbar (top) and Pratiwi Sudarmono training in Zero-Gravity on the KC-135 aircraft. Terry Slezak is on the left holding the camera. Zero-Gravity training on KC-135. Terry Slezak is (on the left with camera) is capturing the activity on film.
Training in
KC-135
Zero-G aircraft 		WETF training Training in
KC-135
Zero-G aircraft 		Training in
KC-135
Zero-G aircraft 		RMS in WETF

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