NASA Photo ID: S88-42426          File Name: 10062887.jpg

Film Type: 35mm CN                Date Taken: 07/20/88

Title: STS-26 Mission Specialist Nelson in LES prior to JSC WETF emergency exercises

Description:

STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Mission Specialist (MS) George
D.  Nelson, wearing newly designed (navy blue) launch and entry suit (LES),
gets  some moral support from Aimee Tess Nelson, his sixteen-year-old
lifeguard  daughter.  Nelson was about to participate in a simulation of
escape and  rescue operations utilizing the crew escape system (CES) pole
mode of egress  from the Space Shuttle. Nelson is equipped with the LES
partial pressure suit  and parachute gear.