NASA Photo ID: S90-45873 File Name: 10072647.jpg
Film Type: 35mm Date Taken: 08/14/90
Title: Group 13, 1990 ASCAN Ellen Ochoa at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma
Description:
Group 13, 1990 Astronaut Candidate (ASCAN) Ellen Ochoa is captured in this
portrait-like view as she listens to a briefing prior to the beginning of
the field training portion of a survival training course exercise at Vance
Air Force Base (AFB) in Enid, Oklahoma. The course is designed to
familiarize the trainees with procedures to follow in the event of an
emergency ejection from a jet aircraft. Ochoa, along with 22 other ASCANs,
began a year's training and evaluation in July. This session was
conducted from 07-29-90 through 07-31-90.
Subject terms:
ASTRONAUT TRAINING
ASTRONAUTS
OKLAHOMA
STS-56
VANCE AIR FORCE BASE
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