sjb (07/21/82)
Astronauts Vance Brand and Robert Overmyer will make the first space walk from the space shuttle during STS-5, due to be launched 11 November. During their 3 hour walk, they will float about the cargo bay and practice procedures that could be used in 1984 to repair the Solar Maxim satellite that failed due to a power mechanism breakdown. NASA considers it a space even though they will not leave the spacecraft because they will be exposed to the vacuum of space.
sjb (09/17/82)
Joe Allen and William Lenoir will make a space walk on STS-5, and NASA announced today that on their helmets will be cameras and lights so that TV viewers at home can see just what they see. The five day mission will be the shuttle's first commercial flight. Meanwhile, STS-5 crew Vance Brand and Robert Overmyer took part in a mock countdown and launch this afternoon. The simulation was programmed to be aborted after one orbit to test out an emergency landing at Edwards AFB.