IMAGE 400_499\462.Lbm,Emblem for STS-26, Discovery, September 1988: Hauck, Covey, Lounge, Hilmers, Nelson. First post Challenger disaster flight.
IMAGE 400_499\496.Lbm,The crew of Discovery on STS-26 in the new partial pressure shuttle flight suits (from the left): Mike Lounge, Richard Covey, David Hilmers, Frederick Hauck and George Nelson.
IMAGE 200_299\219.Lbm,Assisted by skin divers, STS-26 astronauts practice for EVA in the water tank at the Johnson Space Center, Houston.
IMAGE 1800_99\899.Lbm,Four of Discovery's crew of five pictured inside the crew compartment trainer at the Johnson Space Center during a training session. They are, from the left: Richard Covey, Mike Lounge, David Hilmers and Frederick Hauck. (STS-26)
IMAGE 1900_99\900.Lbm,George Nelson, the fifth member of the STS-26 crew, on the mid- deck of the crew compartment trainer during training. He will take that position during launch.
IMAGE 1900_99\902.Lbm,A tractor rocket escape system for the shuttle being evaluated at Hurricane Mesa, Utah, in November 1987. (STS-26)
IMAGE 1900_99\901.Lbm,As part of the rigorous overhaul of orbiter systems, the forward reaction control system is removed for modification. (STS-26)
IMAGE 500_599\522.Lbm,Building one of the twin SRBs for the shuttle in the VAB at the Kennedy Space Center. (STS-26)
IMAGE 500_599\523.Lbm,Orbiter Discovery is lowered to mate with the rest of the shuttle stack in the VAB. (STS-26)
IMAGE 100_199\101.Lbm,The STS-26 shuttle stack being manoeuvred into position on the Complex 39B launch pad, to be prepared for the first flight since the Challenger disaster. This is a fine view of the launch site.
IMAGE 200_299\220.Lbm,A tense breakfast for the STS-26 astronauts a few hours before lift-off on the first post-Challenger shuttle flight. The future of the shuttle programme will ride with them on Discovery. They are (from the left): George Nelson, Richard Covey, Rick Hauck, David Hilmers and Michael Lounge.
IMAGE 500_599\533.Lbm,George Nelson in the new partially pressurized flight suit flown by the STS-26 astronauts for the first time during lift-off and landing.
IMAGE 0_99\91.Lbm,On September 29, 1988, Discovery rises from the launch pad on pillars of flame on STS-26, the first shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster more than two years before.
IMAGE 400_499\497.Lbm,Discovery lifts off the launch pad on September 29, 1988, on the STS-26 mission to take the US into space for the first time since the Challenger disaster.
IMAGE 500_599\525.Lbm,On board Discovery on the STS-26 mission George Nelson works on a biological experiment.
IMAGE 500_599\532.Lbm,Mike Lounge chases his raspberry ripple during dinner on Discovery during the STS-26 mission. Note the perfect spherical shape the dessert assumes in the weightless environment.
IMAGE 100_199\117.Lbm,TDRS-3 lifts out of Discovery's payload bay on STS-26 in September 1988. Soon it will be soaring to geostationary orbit.
IMAGE 800_899\834.Lbm,Testing a new shuttle escape system to allow escape from the orbiter in an emergency situation in the atmosphere.
IMAGE 500_599\577.Lbm,In Discovery the cheery crew of STS-26 (September 1988) celebrate a textbook mission looking as though are on vacation! They are (from the left): Mike Lounge, David Hilmers, Frederick Hauck, George Nelson and Richard Covey.
