IMAGE 1100_99\168.Lbm,The crew patch for the STS-43 mission shows in gold a silhouette of the TDRS comsat the astronauts will launch.
IMAGE 1100_99\169.Lbm,The five crew members for the STS-43 mission, dressed in their flight suits. They are, from the left: Shannon Lucid, James Adamson, John Blaha, David Low and Michael Baker.
IMAGE 1100_99\170.Lbm,STS-43 mission specialists James Adamson (left) and David Low train in their EMUs (extravehicular units) and practise procedures for spacewalking.
IMAGE 1100_99\171.Lbm,The tracking and data relay satellite TDRS E (TDRS 5 in orbit) is being mated with its IUS (inertial upper stage) booster at the Kennedy Space Center, preparing for its launch on STS-43.
IMAGE 1100_99\172.Lbm,Atlantis powers its way into the heavens on August 2, 1991. (STS- 43)
IMAGE 1100_99\174.Lbm,Backdropped by bubbling clouds, TDRS 5 waits to be boosted to geostationary orbit at 174 west longitude. (STS-43)
IMAGE 1100_99\175.Lbm,James Blaha tests computer control devices being developed for use on space station Freedom. (STS-43)
IMAGE 1100_99\177.Lbm,Shannon Lucid pictured on Atlantis's mid-deck checking a sample during a biotechnology experiment. (STS-43)
IMAGE 1100_99\178.Lbm,Shannon Lucid and John Blaha carry out an experiment to do with polymers, on Atlantis's mid-deck. (STS-43)
IMAGE 1100_99\179.Lbm,David low is the guinea pig this time in a lower body negative pressure experiment. Shannon Lucid and Michael Baker assist. (STS-43)
IMAGE 1100_99\180.Lbm,David Low works out on the shuttle treadmill during a medical test. (STS-43)
IMAGE 1100_99\181.Lbm,Holding a carrot in his right hand and a food pouch in his left, Michael Baker takes a bite out of a sandwich, conveniently floating by!
IMAGE 1100_99\182.Lbm,Who's really upside-down in this STS-43 crew portrait (from the left): David Low, Shannon Lucid, James Adamson, John Blaha or Michael Parker?
IMAGE 1100_99\183.Lbm,Lake Nasser, the Aswan Dam and the River Nile show up clearly in this STS-43 photograph.
IMAGE 1100_99\184.Lbm,A view of the Red Sea, with Africa at bottom and Arabia at top. Note the plume of dust blowing off Africa over the sea. (STS-43)
IMAGE 1100_99\185.Lbm,The Bahama Banks region, south-east of Florida, showing Andros Island and smaller islets. The light blue/green areas show where the water is less than three metres deep. (STS-43)
IMAGE 1100_99\186.Lbm,The spiralling clouds around the eye of typhoon Fefa, snapped above the Pacific Ocean. (STS-43)
IMAGE 1100_99\187.Lbm,One of the most beautiful of the 140-odd sunsets the STS-43 crew witnessed during their nearly nine days in orbit.
IMAGE 1100_99\188.Lbm,Atlantis touches down at the Kennedy Space Center on August 11, 1991. (STS-43)
