NASA Photo ID: S90-45856          File Name: 10072644.jpg

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

Title: Group 13, 1990 ASCAN Ellen Ochoa trains at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma

Description:

Group 13, 1990 Astronaut Candidate (ASCAN) Ellen Ochoa, wearing helmet and
in  full parachute equipment, waits while a training instructor adjusts her 
parachute harness prior to a parasail training exercise at Vance Air Force 
Base (AFB) in Enid, Oklahoma.  When adjusted correctly, Ochoa will be
pulled  behind a moving vehicle to simulate a parachute jump from an
airplane in an  emergency situation.  The parachute creates the backdrop
for this photo.   Ochoa, along with 22 other ASCANs, participated in this
survival training  course at Vance from 07-29-90 through 07-31-90.