{number}        KSC-99PP-1481

{type}          Image

{category}      SHUTTLE.sts-103

{title}         STS-103 MS Nicollier prepares to enter orbiter from White Room 

{date}          19-Dec-1999 

{author}        National Aeronautics and Space Administration (taken by Aerospace Imaging/Johnson Controls)

{keywords}      SHUTTLE,sts-103

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{scannedby}     Seven/Still Photo Imaging 

{captionsby}    Information Dynamics, Inc (Kay Grinter, Anita Barrett, and Elaine Liston)

{lasteditor}    <A HREF=http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/persons/nasa-cm/jmd.html>J. Dumoulin</a>

{description}      
   STS-103 Mission Specialist Claude Nicollier, in his orange launch and
   entry suit, shakes hands with NASA Quality Assurance Specialist Danny
   Wyatt in the White Room before entering the orbiter.  Other closeout
   crew members are United Space Alliance (USA) Suit Technician Ray
   Cuevas (left) and USA Orbiter Vehicle Closeout Chief Travis
   Thompson. The White Room is an environmental chamber at the end of the
   orbiter access arm on the fixed service structure. It provides entry
   to the orbiter crew compartment. The mission, to service the Hubble
   Space Telescope, is scheduled to lift off at 7:50 p.m. EST Dec. 19 on
   mission STS-103, servicing the Hubble Space Telescope. Objectives for
   the nearly eight-day mission include replacing gyroscopes and an old
   computer, installing another solid state recorder, and replacing
   damaged insulation in the telescope. Discovery is expected to land at
   KSC Monday, Dec. 27, at about 5:24 p.m. EST.