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Astronaut James van Hoften on RMS tracking Syncom IV-3 after deployment
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Astronaut James van Hoften on RMS tracking Syncom IV-3 after deployment

51I-41-086 (1 September 1985) --- Astronaut James D. van Hoften, mission specialist, flexes his muscles in celebration of a triumphant extravehicular task. Clouds over the ocean form the backdrop for this 70mm scene, toward the end of a two-day effort to capture, repair and release the previously errant Syncom IV-3 communications satellite. Van Hoften, anchored to a special foot restraint device on the end of Discovery's Remote Manipulator System (RMS), had just performed the final "shove" that started the relative separation of the Shuttle and the Syncom, which is not far out of frame. He had been joined by astronaut William F. Fisher for the busy two days of EVA.

Date
1985-09-01
Collection
JSC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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