NASA Photo ID: S90-48613 File Name: 10072650.jpg
Film Type: 35mm Date Taken: 09/20/90
Title: Group 13, 1990 ASCAN Ellen Ochoa during Elgin AFB water survival training
Description:
Group 13, 1990 Astronaut Candidate (ASCAN) Ellen Ochoa, wearing flight suit
and underarm flotation device (life jacket), examines survival equipment
(shaped like an anchor) as a training instructor describes its operation.
Ochoa and the instructor stand on the poolside of a training facility at
Elgin Air Force Base (AFB) in Pensacola, Florida. Ochoa, along with 22
other ASCANs, is participating in water survival training from 08-14-90
through 08-17-90.
Subject terms:
ASTRONAUT TRAINING
ASTRONAUTS
ELGIN AIR FORCE BASE
FLORIDA
FLOTATION
INSTRUCTORS
PERSONNEL
STS-56
SURVIVAL
SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT
WATER LANDING
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