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STS-51 astronauts during sleep period on Discovery's middeck

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-sts05-13000

Image Size 300 DPI: 45 * 30 cm

Four of the five STS-51 crew members were photographed during one of their sleep periods on Discovery's middeck. At bottom center, astronaut Frank L. Culbertson Jr., mission commander, is barely visible, with most of his body zipped securely in the sleep restraint. Others, left to right, are astronauts Daniel W. Bursch and Carl E. Walz, mission specialists, and William F. Readdy, pilot. The photograph was taken by astronaut James H. Newman, mission specialist. 
 

Keywords for this photo:

1993 - ASTRONAUT - BURSCH DANIEL - CULBERTSON FRANK - DISCOVERY - EVERYDAY LIFE - HUMAN - MAN - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - ONBOARD ACTIVITY - READDY WILLIAM - SLEEP - SPACE - SPACE SHUTTLE - SPACESHIP - STS-51 - WALZ CARL - WEIGHTLESSNESS - ZERO GRAVITY -