NASA Photo ID: S90-45859          File Name: 10072646.jpg

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

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

Description:

Group 13, 1990 Astronaut Candidate (ASCAN) Ellen Ochoa, wearing helmet and 
holding onto parachute harness, parasails during a survival training course 
exercise at Vance Air Force Base (AFB) in Enid, Oklahoma. In this phase of 
the course, the trainee, in full parachute equipment, is pulled behind a 
moving vehicle to simulate a parachute jump from an airplane in an
emergency  situation.  Her parachute forms the backdrop for the photo. 
Ochoa, 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.