NASA Photo ID: S90-45891          File Name: 10072642.jpg

Film Type: 35mm CN                Date Taken: 08/14/90

Title: Group 13, 1990 ASCAN Cockrell at cockpit trainer during Vance AFB exercise

Description:

Group 13, 1990 Astronaut Candidate (ASCAN) Kenneth D. Cockrell, wearing 
flight suit and parachute and with his helmet in hand, waits for his turn
in  the aircraft cockpit training device at Vance Air Force Base (AFB) in
Enid,  Oklahoma.  This portion of the survival training course is designed
to  familiarize the trainee with procedures to follow in preparation for
ejection  from a jet aircraft. Cockrell, 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.