Dale A. Gardner, Space Shuttle Mission 51-A

Dale A. Gardner, Space Shuttle Mission 51-A

George D. Guzzi Jr.
Watercolor on paper
1985

This watercolor shows Dale Gardner tethered to the exterior of Space Shuttle Discovery. During that mission, Gardner and Joseph Allen donned jet-propelled maneuvering units on spacewalks to recover two malfunctioning satellites.

Gift of George D. Guzzi, Jr.

Image Number: NASM2014-06837
Credit: Image by Eric Long, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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