images

Intelsat VI satellite

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-sco01-00102

Date

2006-11-19

Three STS-49 crewmembers hold onto the 4.5-ton Intelsat VI satellite in May 1992 after a six-handed "capture" was made minutes earlier. Left to right are astronauts Richard J. Hieb, Thomas D. Akers and Pierre J. Thuot. Thuot stands on the end of the Canadarm, which was instrumental as a mobile working platform in the capture.